Des Moines Police Department, Iowa
End of Watch: Monday, September 29, 2008
Age: 53
Tour of Duty: 31 years
Badge Number: 4629
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Date of Incident: September 27, 2008
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Lieutenant David Bowen suffered a fatal stroke following a call-out to supervise a fatal vehicle crash involving a pedestrian.
The morning following the investigation he was assigned to supervise officers detailed to a concert at the Blank Park Zoo. Shortly after his shift began to display symptoms of a stroke and collapsed. He was flown to the University of Iowa Hospital where he died two days later.
Lieutenant Bowen was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Des Moines Police Department for 31 years.