Homicide Suspects Arrested

Joe Lyons • August 28, 2023

At approximately 2:00 PM, detectives from the Mansfield Division of Police took both

Michael Lee Coffee Jr. and Avanta Shemar Dakota Payne Adams into custody (See

below).

These arrests are a direct result of excellent work by the entire Major Crimes

Section of the Mansfield Police Department and members of the Community.

It is the cooperation of the community and the diligence of the Major Crimes

Bureau that both solved and apprehended the suspects in less than 48 hours.