United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
David Allen Bowen
2008
David Allen Bowen served the U.S. Army.
How He Died
Manner
Natural
Cause
Natural disease, unspecified
What Happened
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.
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.
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Des Moines Police Department
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