Lieutenant David Allen Bowen

Lieutenant David Allen Bowen | Des Moines Police Department, Iowa Lieutenant David Allen Bowen | Des Moines Police Department, Iowa
Des Moines Police Department, Iowa
Lieutenant David Allen Bowen | Des Moines Police Department, Iowa
Lieutenant David Allen Bowen | Des Moines Police Department, Iowa
Lieutenant David Allen Bowen

Des Moines Police Department, Iowa

End of Watch Monday, September 29, 2008

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David Allen Bowen

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.

Bio

  • Age 53
  • Tour 31 years
  • Badge 4629
  • Military Veteran

Incident Details

  • Cause Duty related illness
  • Incident Date Saturday, September 27, 2008
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