George Anthony Dowdell

How they died

Suicide

Police responded to a call of a person shot. When they arrived, they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to her foot. Police said the shooting apparently stemmed from a domestic incident. Dowdell fled into an apartment. When officers set up a perimeter around the apartment, Dowdell fired multiple shots at officers. As the four-hour standoff stretched on with no communication, police went into the apartment and found Dowdell dead.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that George Anthony Dowdell, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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