DONALD EUGENE OWENS
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Officer Rank: Captain
Memorial Panel: 53-W: 4
Department: Bloomington, Indiana, P.D.
End of Watch: August 15, 1975
Cause: SHOT
Age: 49
Years of Service: 25
Description: Captain Owens was shot with his own gun by an inmate as he was escorting the man from courtroom. Captain Owens and the inmate struggled for control of the weapon which discharged. The bullet passed through the inmate, then fatally struck Captain Owens in the chest.
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