Clackamas County Sheriff's Department, Oregon
End of Watch Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Add to My HeroesWilliam Douglas Bowman
Deputy Sheriff William Bowman was shot and killed during a SWAT training exercise in which he was participating with other members of his agency's SWAT team at Camp Rilea, Oregon.
Deputy Bowman, along with 10 other officers, were training in a mock building when a live round fired from another officer's weapon and struck him in the head. The live round had inadvertently been loaded into the weapon during the training.
Deputy Bowman had served with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Department for six years and had served on the SWAT team for two years. He is survived by his wife and two children, ages three years and three months.
Bio
- Age 36
- Tour 6 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Most Recent Reflection
View all 62 ReflectionsBill was an Explorer advisor when I was in the program. He was a professional, and he mentored a lot of us younger people interested in law enforcement. When I rode with him, there wasn't much that threw him off and he was very calm - it just seemed to me like he'd done everything there was to do in law enforcement. He had a heart to serve people, and treated everyone right. The type of deputy I think we look for in 2020, Bill was already that 20+ years ago.
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