Oregon Kidnapping Suspect Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot

Oregon Kidnapping Suspect Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Benjamin Obadiah Foster in a file photo. Grants Pass Police Department via AP
The Associated Press
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GRANTS PASS, Ore.—A suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being taken into custody following a standoff with law enforcement, a police spokesman said.

Grants Pass Police Department Lt. Jeff Hattersley told KTVL-TV that Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital hours after he was taken into custody in Grants Pass, Oregon.