A Kidnapping Suspect in Oregon Died of a Self-Inflicted Gunshot

Credit: Grants Pass Police Department

After a standoff with law enforcement, a suspect in a violent kidnapping in Grants Pass, Oregon, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Tuesday night after being taken into custody following a standoff with authorities.

Lt. Jeff Hattersley of the Grants Pass Police Department told KTVL-TV that Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, passed away at a hospital in Grants Pass, Oregon, hours after he was taken into custody and transported to the hospital.

In the early afternoon of Tuesday, Foster barricaded himself under a house as officers from four different agencies converged on the

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