Grammy-winning recording engineer and son of legendary guitarist Jimmy Capps was shot and killed by cops in Nashville after brandishing a gun and holding his wife and stepdaughter hostage before they managed to escape.
Mark Capps, 54, was fatally shot in the doorway of his Nashville home around 2pm Thursday afternoon by the police SWAT team.
Capps had woken his 60-year-old wife, Tara Solomon, and 23-year-old stepdaughter at 3am and held them at gunpoint in the family room of the home on Summit Run Place in Hermitage, Tennessee.
He refused to let them leave and threatened them multiple times, telling them that if they ‘called someone, he would kill them and any police that showed up at the house,’ Nashville Metropolitan Police spokesman Don Aaron said during a critical incident press briefing on Thursday.
The mother and daughter managed to flee the home around dawn when Capps fell asleep. They drove to the Hermitage Police Department and filed a police report.
At the time of his death, Capps was wanted on aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping warrants.
Mark Capps, 54, was fatally shot in the doorway of his Nashville home on Thursday afternoon after holding his wife and stepdaughter hostage
Aaron said the SWAT team carried out a ‘covert operation’ outside the home because they were concerned Capps may barricade himself inside the home.
He told News Channel 5 Capps, ‘came to the door with a gun in hand.’
‘At that point, he was fatally shot. We have since learned there were cameras monitoring the outside of the home,’ Aaron said during a critical incident briefing on Thursday.
‘He may have well seen them outside the residence. They were in SWAT gear and clearly marked to him as members of the police department.’
The graphic, age-restricted video shows an officer standing outside a glass screen door. The inside door opening reveals a figure appearing to be in pajamas.
The officer yells, ‘Show me your hands!’ Show me your hands!’ just before he opens fire. He then repeats the warning upon opening the shattered door, seconds before officers enter.
The spokesperson said as three SWAT members stood outside the home, an officer with the Metro Nashville Police Department- identified as 14-year veteran Kendall Coon – opened fire. Capps died at the scene.
Aaron said in a statement that there will be an investigation to confirm that officers acted properly.
A member of the SWAT team pictured breaking the glass door of Mark Capps Nashville home before he was fatally shot on Thursday after taking his wife and stepdaughter hostage
Before Capps was killed, he was grieving the death of his younger brother two days prior. It remains unknown his brother’s cause of death.
Capps posted the sad news of his brother’s passing on Facebook with an undated photo of them both standing in front of their father’s grave.
‘No words. RIP Jeffery Allen Capps- December 31, 1967 to January 3, 2022,’ he wrote. ‘Details will follow as I receive them. I wasn’t close to any of his friends, so please pass this along if you know any of them,’ Yahoo News reported.
Capps had been a popular fixture on the music scene spanning more than three decades, working with some big name country and gospel artists, the news outlet reported.
He collaborated with Alabama, The Dixie Chicks, Neil Diamond, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Brooks & Dunn, Barry Manilow, Chris Young, Aaron Tippin, Conway Twitty, Joe Diffie, the Oak Ridge Boys, Big & Rich, the Gaither Vocal Band, John Michael Montgomery, Kenny Rogers, Donna Summer, the Mavericks, Anita Cochran, Kenny Loggins, Olivia Newton-John and the Isaacs, among others.
His latest work was on Dolly Parton’s most recent album, Run, Rose, Run.
Capps also won a Grammy for best polka album four years in a row, 2005 through 2008 working with Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, a report said.
Capps was also the son of legendary session player of the Grand Ole Opry guitarist Jimmy Capps, who was also a member of the Musicians Hall of Fame. The elder Capps died in 2020.
Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said the SWAT team carried out a ‘covert operation’ outside the home because they were concerned Capps may barricade himself inside the home. The picture shows the SWAT team member shattering the glass to gain entry into the single family home
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department are seen outside the home of Capps
The MNPD officer that shot Capps dead was identified as a 14-year veteran Kendall Coon
The couple pictured smiling in an undated photo
Legendary guitarist Jimmy Capps is pictured (left) with his son, Mark. The elder Capps was a member of the Musicians Hall of Fame. He died in 2020
Capps was a Grammy winning sound engineer who worked with big name artists including, Alabama, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, the late Olivia Newton-John, among many others
