The Will County coroner released the identity of a Joliet man who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an eight-hour standoff on Monday with the county’s SWAT team.

Derrick J. Smith, 44, was pronounced dead at 9:39 p.m. on Monday at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, according to a statement posted on Facebook from Coroner Laurie Summers’ Office.

The coroner’s statement did not have details about the cause or manner of Smith’s death. The Will County Sheriff’s Office has said Smith died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Shaw Local contacted the sheriff’s office spokesperson Elizabeth Matthews with questions about injuries to Smith and police tactics used during the standoff.

Smith had been on parole at the time of the incident.

Matthews said she was unable to provide details because of the ongoing investigation by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.

Summers would not release Smith’s identity until after Wednesday’s autopsy.

There have been a few times in the past when Summers’ office released the identity of person who died before an autopsy, such as Zamir Williams, 20, who died in a 2021 fatal shooting in Romeoville.

Shaw Local learned of Smith’s identity on Tuesday from Chicago attorney Ian Barney, who is representing Smith’s family as they conduct their own investigation of the incident.

“On behalf of Darrel Smith, Derrick’s brother, and Tasha Herring, Derrick’s cousin, Derrick was loved and will be truly missed,” Barney said on Wednesday.

Smith had been on parole from prison since 2024, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections’ website.

In 2017, Smith was sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of heroin, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and aggravated fleeing, court records show.

In 2018, Smith filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Joliet and two officers over his claims of excessive force during his arrest in 2016.

Smith and his attorneys agreed to drop the lawsuit in 2023 in exchange for $75,000 from the city, according to the settlement agreement.

Last February, warrants were issued for Smith’s arrest on Will County charges of delivery of cocaine and fentanyl, court records show.

Smith was also issued a summons for failing to appear in court on March 25 in a case where he was charged with fleeing from police.

Officers on Monday were attempting to pull Smith over in a traffic stop for those warrants when he fled from them, crashed his vehicle and fled on foot to a residence on Romayne Avenue in Joliet, according to the sheriff’s office.

Charles Holland, the homeowner of the Romayne Avenue residence, spoke to ABC7 Chicago about the incident.

Holland told ABC7 that an intruder came through his back door, motioned for him to be quiet but he did not threaten him or seem to have a weapon.

Holland tried to get the intruder to leave. But as the two men began to tussle, Holland heard police arrive at his door and he left the house before the standoff took place, according to ABC7.

The sheriff’s office said Smith was armed with a gun and detectives found a gun inside the residence after the standoff concluded.

The county’s SWAT team spent almost the entire eight hours negotiating with Smith to leave the residence with nothing in his hands, including after they began efforts to breach the residence in the late evening.