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Matthew Bruce Coleman

Age : 45

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/22/2024

Location : West Socrum Loop Road

City : Lakeland

County : Polk

State : Florida

Agency : Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/22/2024, Matthew Bruce Coleman, 45, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a SWAT standoff with Polk County sheriff’s deputies in Lakeland. Deputies were searching for Coleman because he had an active warrant and received information that he was at a property along West Socrum Loop Road.
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When deputies arrived, Coleman was believed to be inside or near a backyard shed. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, deputies reported that gunfire came from the shed area as they attempted to locate and arrest him. Deputies established a perimeter and summoned the agency’s SWAT team and crisis negotiators.
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Law enforcement spent several hours attempting to persuade Coleman to surrender. Deputies used a public-address system and other negotiation efforts before SWAT officers deployed a chemical agent into the structure.
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SWAT personnel later entered the shed and found Coleman dead from what authorities described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Deputies did not report shooting Coleman.
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Coleman had previously been publicly listed as wanted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on a probation-violation warrant. Court records also show that he was the subject of an active federal investigation in 2024.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The involved Polk County sheriff’s deputies have not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/well-known-suspect-dies-during-confrontation-with-polk-county-deputies
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2024/08/23/polk-sheriffs-office-says-lakeland-kills-himself-during-stain-standoff-with-polk-swat-team-pcso-says/74918810007/
https://dailyridge.com/2024/08/23/barricaded-suspect-who-reportedly-shot-at-deputies-believed-to-have-taken-his-own-life/
https://www.polksheriff.org/home/wanted-matthew-bruce-coleman