Four-time Grammy winning sound engineer Mark Capps is dead after being shot by a Nashville police officer. Capps was apparently holding his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint when officers instructed him to drop the weapon. WSMV’s Marissa Sulek reports.
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If you are ever in this situation, of which I hope you aren’t. Just understand, if you call the police on your family member, just consider them dead. PERIOD! There is really no other way to put it.
I had a family friend who was mentally ill and her husband called the cops because she’d said she was gonna stab him. When the cops got there, she said “I don’t even have a knife!” and they heard “knife” and shot her twice in the chest. She’s lucky to be alive right now.
I understand the whole he “threatened” people , but you cannot just shoot someone that opens the door to their own property holding a weapon; especially if you don’t even announce yourself as police .
apparently, you can!
They didnt even give the man a single whole second to put the gun down
Less than a second? Come on now you can’t expect someone to do anything in less than a second
They “shot”, it looked like that SWAT officer unloaded a clip
playing devils advocate. Wife knew husband has mental illness and what meds he took, she messed with it in order for this to happen. She didnt expect him to reach for the gun, but just be irrational to send him to the psych ward. He died now she has all the money and can live her life.
I definitely think that’s a lot more to the story people don’t just snap like that for nothing and the cop could have given him a little bit more time to drop the gun. That was not enough time so sad
They did not tell him to drop the gun. They said show me your hands and then opened fire on him.
Do you think the cop should’ve taken a round or two before reacting?
Not enough info. Came over, caused trouble, fell asleep, wife n kid ran to cops, cops shot him on site.
You hardly said his name. Mark Capps?
Wtf? That swat killer should get the death penalty! There was no hostage in that moment and they killed him in less than 1second after the verbal command! And what law wont allowed someone with gun licence to hold his gun in his hand in his house?
baloney. If you choose to brandish a firearm, it’s all on you.
@simon kenton they killed him before he could drop the gun!
@The Cyborg Did you really expect the cop to take a few rounds first?
@The Cyborg That’s what they do. If you don’t know that by now you’re probably getting shot.
“It wasn’t until he fell asleep they were able to run.” What?
They didn’t even give him one second to put the gun down I can’t stand the police in this country
Here’s the thing kids: if you don’t WANT to get shot, don’t answer the door with a gun in your hand. It’s pretty simple.
His wife was trying to take hiM For everything sad R.I.P
Tech co-founder Raj Moonesinghe got dropped before he could drop his weapon as well.
Wow so he was all by himself in the house, not harming anyone at that point
*”DROP THE GUN!!”* yelled the cop,as he fired 6 bullets into the mans body.
are you hallucinating right now?
He was showing him how to drop it really fast.
Male violence is out of control.
holding a gun in his hand means an immediate threat? for a trained police officer who is fully armored? with a machine gun in his hand? and support? as long as he doesn’t point the gun at people, there is no immediate threat. in your country, everyone is allowed to have a gun. so he didn’t do anything illegal. to me, it looked more like a cowardly execution.
Grammy winners are not not nice
Wow. Judge, jury and executed in one easy process. “The gun posed a threat to the officers” who put themselves in that situation. I guess the days of hostage negotiations are long gone. Oh yea, there was no hostage. No threat to anyone. Just shot down like a dog.
Hopefully they wouldn’t do that to a dog.
Revolver under the carpet = Gun in hand
Something is making people go crazy. COVID-19 shot? Other meds? Illness? Contaminants around these people? I don’t know wtf it is but something is not right, this is happening way too much lately.
People have always done this. You just didn’t have cameras everywhere to see it.
Yea cops jus like shooting people …
A man clearly with mental illness or mental health issues is executed 1 second after being told to drop a gun .
They didn’t give the guy a chance to respond that makes a questionable whether it was justifiable use of deadly force
Little bit trigger happy
It sounds like this guy did something terrible but he deserved his day in court. There were no hostages in the house. He was holding a gun in his own home which isn’t illegal. This situation is a lose-lose for the suspect. If you freeze, which many people do in fear, you’re “not complying.” If you try to get rid of the gun quickly, you’re making “sudden movements” that officers see as a threat. We need better ways to deal with these situations.
Lots of street attorneys and armchair police chiefs in the comment section….
Wow they dont even ask questions they just shoot. This is why people hate the cops.
F*cked around, found out.
That was a straight murder…. that pig was extremely trigger happy!
He posed no threat and didn’t point the weapon at anyone it’s not like he was some poc cockroach…
Cop was itching to pull that trigger. Way too quick. But that’s what happens when cop’s show up for a person in mental distress. Could have easily just called him and talked him into possibly coming out unarmed. But no, let’s get swat out there with their rifles.
Hollywood is full of the sickest people in America.
It’s sound like the officers saying show me your hands . And if that what the officers say then they don’t give him a Chace to followed the command .
White guy shot and killed by the police. When do the “protests” and riots start? I need a new pair of Nikes. 👟
He was all right until he wasn’t.
This is very sad, says a bunch of white people. but if that was a person of color. The comment section would be saying you should’ve never broke the law. You blacks always breaking the law. Y’all funny asf! He was breaking the law he was holding them at gun point. Smh 🤦🏽♀️ I hope the lady and her daughter is ok
Yeah that’s exactly what they’re saying about that Houston taco robbery right now and we don’t even know what race that guy was but everyone saying “Black people are mad about this” like wtf? I’m black and I’m not mad about that or this. You play around where people have guns and you’re probably getting shot. Welcome to America. 🤷🏾♂️
they gave him less than a second to respond.
regardless of the kidnapping, the average person’s reaponse time to a normal situation is 3/4 – 1 1/2 second. in a non-normal situation, it can be longer
The gun may have been in the accused handz but that officer was too quick to the trigger. way too trigger happy.
Denied right to fair trial.
Seemed a bit trigger happy
He knew it was the police at the door too. He knew you don’t confront police with a gun or any weapon for that matter. We all know not to confront a police with a gun loaded or not loaded… basic we all know that
swat team shouldve gave him more time to drop his gun, they just blitz his home and gave him just a second to decide his faith
this what you gon get fuccing around in the industry ! crazy how they come up with their ideas lol
Seems like he needed to be put down
This wreaks of MAGA-Q mental illness.
Maybe he was a democrat. Democrat liberals often lose control of their minds.
To be fair swat said “show me your hands” not “drop the weapon”
He was told to drop the gun, in less than a second later he was shot dead.
It takes 0.28 of a second for the human brain to register and respond to a command whether it be visual or auditory.
Was he given enough time to actually respond?
Too bad. Crazy is crazy, no matter HOW many Grammy’s ya got. Got it? Good. You’re welcome.
What? BLM says cops only shoot black people. Scientific proof that that was all bull
Keep in mind, police could of been outside the house for a period of time giving him commands before the swat team showed up.
First of, they said he held them captive, is there evidence of this? Shouldn’t it say, allegedly he held them captive. Not siding with Mark but this how the news sometimes gets it wrong then it’s a small unheard edit correction months later. Second, if he’s alone, no one else there, how about they try another tactic…. Don’t send the cavalry, three guys in an unmarked car. IF he doesn’t call the police, wait silently outside, once he comes out catch him by surprise. Even if the cops spend a whole day waiting, no loss of life AND probably cheaper than having the SWAT team and probably the slew of people that come after such an incident.
he didn’t have to die
Money is not all.
Yep once again he was clearly run away from the police no need to shoot someone closing a door in your face
Hmmm… Coming to the door holding a gun when the cops arrive….. Oh well… he deserved it… Very tired of men threatening women family members with guns…
Too many dudes annihilating their families.
The cops did their jobs.
If not they’d all be dead.
Just another day in the guilty until proven innocent police state we live in. 😃 🔫
Oh and by the way he was closing the door to get away. How is that threatening? You see it swing nearly closed.
It is hard to understand how fast the police shoot the man; just blows my mind.
Less than a second. FTP
This sounds ridiculous
U🐝🐂💩N
These white and sapa blacks your the problem me and my people Native Americans first ones before you stole it here laugh at your drama
I said this years ago what the police do to black people they will eventually start doing the same to white people if they keep turning a blind eye and we here are.
Way way too many guns in TN
PLAY STUPID GAMES WIN STUPID PRIZES
BACK THE BLUE UNTILL THEY BATTER YOU
WHERE’S DONUT OPERATOR??? OH RIGHT, HE ONLY POST BLACK PEOPLE GETTING IN TROUBLE VIDEOS.
WHERE IS ALL LIVES MATTER??? OH RIGHT, THEY ARE BASHING LEGAL MIGRANTS AND TRAFFICKING THEM IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA.
COMPLY COMPLY COMPLY
Less than a second after the command. Seriously, that isn’t enough time.
The Grammy’s just got a boost
The police failed to identify themselves. A man walks up to a house pointing a gun? The homeowner has a right to defend.
Lawsuite for wrongful death.
Obviously I wasn’t there and I’m not a cop/SWAT officer etc. but if they were that on edge and knew that he was the only one there, why not try a bull horn first and tell him to come out with hands up etc., and if he doesn’t come out shoot some tear gas in? Maybe I’m dumb and that’s just 60’s/70’s TV and movie procedures that they don’t do anymore? 🤷♂
Another simple case of suicide by cop.
Vaccines are working
Another reason why I choose to be single
Trigger Happy SWAt at it again!
Execution
Daniel Defense DDM4
Saw at the “family of 8 murder suicide video” yesterday someone say mentally deranged men see these stories as ideas for what he could do and then copcats happen. Now I see this. Smh.
They fired way too quick. In Los Angeles LAPD have taken 5 hours to defuse a way worse situation than this. Ridiculous. I hope his family sues. RIP my friend
Something is truly wrong with men mentally.
Here’s a white man getting gunned down. If he was black the public out cry would be different. Most of yall would be looting by now over it.
Wife , daughter , cop should all be held accountable yall goes cops involved they sent swat an killed him Instead of sending a negotiator or somebody with mental illness skills to disfuse situations like this
I thought the Police only shot black people dead or was / is that another blatant lie told by The Democrat party ???? !!!!!
He pulled up to the door like, you have guns, I have one too… *BANG BANG BANG*
Just a Grammy? Imagine them EGOT’s🧐
If they tell him to drop it then give him time to do so…i see so much black people get killed like this….
Black people been trying to tell y’all this for years,the chickens has come home to roost…but y’all didn’t want to hear ùs…
What about none lethal force he didn’t open fire on the cops their was no calls for shots fired..he just drop him..
So actually watching this video it’s looks like they just killed a man who shut the door on them. I never saw a gun in the man’s hand
This dude was just forcefully murdererd
Maybe the wife and step daughter made it sound way worse than it really was. Since when does a SWAT team go banging on doors in the mid day sun with their rifles drawn over a domestic complaint? Mark had no prior record in 54 years!
That cop needs to be charged with murder. Didn’t give the man a chance to drop his weapon. I hope the victims family sues the heck out of the Officer that killed the victim, as well as all the officers involved and the police department as well. That cop needs to be in prison.
Good, wife and kids don’t have to be scared anymore. May he rot in 👹
Jesus is coming soon be really good news love you guys Jesus saves us time is short
Keep buying guns. You coward idiots. If you need a gun. You’re mentally unstable. Plain and real fact.
If they know he is by himself and only Danger to himself. Why go to this mans house and approach the situation like this.
S.W.A.T. is suposed to be tactical. Theres nothing tactical about this video!!!
How about instead of a paramilitant with a hair trigger, you get a crisis worker with megaphone?