Matthew Robert Dolloff
The security guard charged in a fatal shooting of a man
participating in a Denver “Patriot Rally” left jail Tuesday
after posting $500,000 bond.
Matthew Dolloff, 30, left the Denver Downtown Detention Center
at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday after a bondsman posted the money, Denver
Sheriff Department spokeswoman Daria Serna said in an email.
Dolloff
faces a charge of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of
Lee Keltner at an Oct. 10 rally in downtown Denver. Dolloff was
working as a security guard for Denver television station 9News at
the rally and shot Keltner after a confrontation, videos and
photographs of the incident show.
Police arrested Dolloff at the scene and he remained in jail
until Tuesday.
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Dolloff’s attorney said during a Oct. 23 court hearing that
Dolloff was being held alone and apart from other inmates at the
jail for his own safety. The attorney requested that his bond be
lowered, but
a judge declined to do so.
Dolloff’s next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.
