Oregon kidnapping suspect dies after being shot, police say

GRANTS PASS, Oregon. An Oregon forcible kidnapping suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being taken into custody after a standoff with law enforcement, a police spokesman said.

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

Foster barricaded himself under the house as officers from four agencies massed in the area, set up a command post and assembled a SWAT team to try to secure its surrender starting Tuesday afternoon.

Shortly before 8 p.m., Hattersley said the situation had been resolved, but did not immediately confirm whether Foster had been arrested. Police later confirmed that Foster was in custody, but just over an hour later reported that he had died from his injuries.

Hattersley said authorities have received “credible information” that Foster entered the home where the woman was found unconscious, bound and dying on Jan. 24, according to The Daily Courier. She was hospitalized in critical condition.

As the police gathered at the house where Foster was staying, some residents of the area received a notice to take shelter in place, according to the Daily Courier.

According to a Facebook post by the Grants Pass Police Department, Foster was seen walking his dog in the Grants Pass area Tuesday morning.

Last Thursday, law enforcement raided a property in the unincorporated community of Wolf Creek, but Foster, who was staying on the family property there, slipped away. The village is surrounded by forested mountains, but the researchers believe that instead of disappearing alone into the desert, Foster was helped to get out of the area.

Grants Pass is a city of about 40,000 people in southwestern Oregon, next to Interstate 5.

In 2019, before moving to Oregon, Foster held his then-girlfriend captive for two weeks in her Las Vegas apartment. He was initially charged with five felony charges, including assault and battery, and faced several decades in prison after his conviction.

In August 2021, Foster struck a deal with the Clark County Attorney’s Office that allowed him to plead guilty to one count of felony battery and one count of misdemeanor domestic violence.

The judge sentenced him to two and a half years in a Nevada prison. But after the 729 days he spent in jail awaiting trial were included in his sentence, Foster has less than 200 additional days to serve in state custody.

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