Died in custody
Michael Bell
Michael Bell died on June 19, 2017, while being held by Coffee County deputies, who had brought him to the Coffee County Courthouse in Manchester, Tennessee, for a court appearance. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that at the courthouse Bell took a deputy's gun and shot that deputy, then shot a second deputy as he left the building. The TBI said Bell then shot himself in the head behind a house near the courthouse, after entering and leaving an occupied home. Both deputies were wounded in the shooting.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Michael Bell died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Reported by: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).