A police official said that the suspect in a brutal abduction in Oregon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being apprehended during a standoff with authorities.
According to Lt. Jeff Hattersley of the Grants Pass Police Department, Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, passed away in a hospital several hours after being arrested in Grants Pass, Oregon.
Beginning on Tuesday afternoon, police from four agencies congregated in the area, set up a command post, and gathered a SWAT team in an effort to obtain Foster’s surrender. Foster then barricaded himself beneath a home.
Hattersley declared the crisis to be settled just before eight o’clock, although he did not immediately confirm if Foster had been taken into custody. Foster was eventually taken into prison, according to the police, but an hour or so later it was reported that he had died from his wounds.
According to Hattersley, officials have “reliable evidence” that Foster entered the residence where a lady was discovered on January 24 unconscious, shackled, and in critical condition. She was admitted to the hospital in a critical state.
Some locals were informed to hide in place while police gathered at the residence where Foster was found, according to the Daily Courier.
According to a Facebook post from the Grants Pass Police Department, Foster was seen Tuesday morning in the Grants Pass area while walking a dog.
Foster, who was residing on family property there when police officials searched a home in the rural village of Wolf Creek last Thursday, managed to escape. The neighborhood is surrounded by forested mountains, but police think Foster had assistance leaving the region rather than vanishing alone into the woods.
Near Interstate 5, in the southwest of Oregon, lies the town of Grants Pass, population 40,000.
Foster kept his ex-girlfriend hostage in her Las Vegas residence for two weeks in 2019 before traveling to Oregon. He was originally accused with five crimes, including violence and assault, and a conviction could have resulted in decades behind bars.
Foster and Clark County prosecutors came to an agreement in August 2021 that permitted Foster to enter a guilty plea to one felony battery charge and one misdemeanor battery charge involving domestic abuse.
He was given a jail term of up to 2 and a half years in Nevada by a court. Foster had to spend fewer than 200 more days in state prison after the 729 days he had already been in jail while awaiting trial were taken into account in his sentence.
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