Prosecutor: Fatal Shooting of Grammy Winner by Police ‘Reasonably Necessary’

Nashville Police gather at the scene after a Metro Nashville Police officer shot and killed Grammy-winning sound engineer Mark Capps while at his home to arrest him on warrants in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 5, 2023. Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The fatal shooting of a Grammy-winning sound engineer by police earlier this year was “reasonably necessary,” a Tennessee prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The decision in January’s fatal shooting of Mark Capps, 54, comes after a review of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, the autopsy and video evidence, Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk said in a statement.