Police Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman
Columbus Division of Police
Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, March 9, 1989

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: 1018

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, January 3, 1981
Weapon Used: Handgun; .25 caliber
Suspect Info: Sentenced to 100 years

Officer Thompson-Bowman succumbed to a gunshot wound received eight years earlier. She was assisting other officers on a narcotics search warrant when she was shot in the abdomen with a .25 caliber handgun. The wound required 30 surgeries and required her to be hospitalized 60 times before she succumbed to the wound.

Officer Thompson-Bowman was the first female officer with her agency to be killed in the line of duty. She had been with the agency for 3 years at the time of the shooting.