CHARLES WILSON BOWMAN
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Officer Rank: Captain
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 26
Department: Muskogee, Oklahoma, P.D.
End of Watch: June 6, 1927
Cause: SHOT
Age: 52
Years of Service: 16
Description: Captain Bowman was shot accidentally when he and another officer encountered two men sleeping in a parked car outside a closed gas station. They approached the car and woke the men up. A scuffle occurred between the four men. Captain Bowman's weapon discharged, severing an artery in his leg. Captain Bowman bled to death.
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