DARLON CLINT DOWELL
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 6-E: 13
Department: Ventura, California, P.D.
End of Watch: August 7, 1978
Cause: SHOT
Age: 32
Years of Service: 9
Description: Sergeant Dowell was shot and killed while conducting a raid on a home with other members of his department. The officers were attempting to arrest two armed bank robbers. The first suspect answered the door and stalled the officers as the second suspect armed himself with a shotgun. Sergeant Dowell was the third man on the team to enter. The team was ambushed by the second suspect who came around a wall and opened fire. Sergeant Dowell was struck in the back as he dove for cover. The suspect fled through a rear door but was shot and killed by another officer who was outside.
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