Chesterfield man sentenced in hostage situation, shootings

From staff, local reports

A Chesterfield man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — the statutory maximum sentence — for being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with a hsotage situation earlier this year, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said in a press release.

U.S. District Judge Terry L. Wooten sentenced 52-year-old Carey Andrew Shaw this week. There is no parole in the federal system. 

On Jan. 27, Shaw got into an argument with his fiancée when she told him she no longer loved him and shot her in the head with a shotgun in the 700 block of Manor Road, just outside of Cheraw. He held her hostage for six hours until she was able to escape and receive medical treatment.

“He had gotten mad with her because she had another boyfriend,” Chesterfield County Sheriff Sam Parker said in a previous interview.

Parker said deputies were unaware of the situation until being called to the hospital, where the woman told them about the suspect, who was waiting back at the original hostage site.

“It began at the hospital after she was able to escape from her home and go to the hospital where we became involved,” the sheriff said.

When the Chesterfield County Special Response Team first went to the woman’s home, the suspect was gone.

They found him still armed and waiting for them at his residence, Parker said.

“We were able to set up a perimeter and watch him in the yard with a shotgun covered with a blanket,” Parker said. “We think he was there waiting to ambush us.”

Parker said that after about two hours, the suspect began walking towards the officers, raising his gun before shooting himself in the chin.

“We think alcohol was (involved), but we think he also had a past history of going to prison and basically he didn’t want to go back to prison,” the sheriff said.

Shaw was previously convicted of arson in 1998 and criminal domestic violence in 2000.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rose Mary Parham of the Florence office prosecuted the case, which also was investigated by the State Law Enforcement Division and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobaaco, Firearms, and Explosives.