Bio & Incident Details
Age: 54
Tour: 18 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/24/1952
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Paroled in 1967
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Officer Lowd was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to the house of a man who had shot at a Forest Service survey crew. As the officers approached the house the suspect opened fire, killing Officer Lowd. The suspect fled into a nearby forest, where he remained the subject of a large manhunt for four days.
The suspect was captured and sentenced in October of 1952 to life imprisonment for second-degree murder. He was paroled in 1967.
Officer Lowd had served with the agency for 18 years.
