1:25 AM, Sep 25, 2011
Grass Valley, CA - A standoff situation in Nevada County results in SWAT shooting a killing a 53-year-old male who held his girlfriend hostage.
The Nevada County Sheriffs department responded to Wolf Road around 12:30 on Saturday afternoon for a domestic dispute situation, says Captain Jeff Powell.
When deputies arrived at the home they forced entry and found the suspect standing at the top of a stairway with his arm around the neck of his 55-year-old girlfriend with a knife to her throat.
The suspect told officers that if they advanced any closer he would kill the woman. It was then that the suspect made his way to a bedroom and barricaded the door.
SWAT and negotiators were dispatched to the scene. Powell says that the suspect refused to speak to anyone and little communication was made between the man and SWAT.
Powell says that based on information obtained by friends and the suspect's refusal to cooperate, officers felt it was critical to make entry into the bedroom. SWAT shot and killed the suspect and removed the woman from the home.
The victim had been severely beaten, according to Powell, and was transported to a hospital.
Sheriff's had been called to the home the night before on another disturbance call.
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