Grammy Award Winning Engineer Shot

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Colleagues of the Hermitage music engineer are asking what went wrong after he was shot and killed Thursday by a SWAT officer.

Metro police told News 2 during a Thursday night press conference that 54-year-old Mark Capps held his wife, step-daughter, and a boyfriend at gun point. When special agents arrived, Capps answered the door with a gun in hand. Metro police said this served as an imminent threat and led a SWAT officer to shoot Capps.  

Police said their special response team was initially serving four different felony warrants for Capps, two for aggravated assault and two for kidnapping.  

According to a probable cause statement, the two victims along with a victim’s boyfriend were woken in their sleep and held at gunpoint at their home on Summit Run Place. Capps allegedly told them multiple times that if they attempted to call for help, he would kill them both.  

They managed to escape and go to the Hermitage police precinct once Capps reportedly fell asleep.  

Metro police body camera video showed agents arriving at the home to serve the warrants. 

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