1989 3 9 Thompson Bowman Jane E
Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman

Entered Division of Police
April 2, 1978
Died In the Line of Duty
March 9, 1989

On January 31, 1981, Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman was working as an undercover narcotics officer when she and other officers served a search warrant on an Eastfield Drive residence.  After the officers were admitted to the house, a suspect inside opened fire with a .25 caliber pistol.  Officer Thompson-Bowman was shot twice in the abdomen; two other Columbus officers and a Franklin County deputy sheriff were also wounded.  The suspect was apprehended at the scene.  He was subsequently convicted on four counts of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 to 100 years in prison.

Officer Thompson-Bowman retired on disability on September 16, 1983.  In the years following her injury, she underwent surgery 30 times and was hospitalized 60 times.  On March 9, 1989, she died as a direct result of her 1981 injury.