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Patrick Shawn Dowdell
United States · Aged 61 · Died 09/19/2018
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Patrick Shawn Dowdell and his wife were in the middle of getting a divorce Dowdell did not want. Dowdell had attempted to strangle his wife with a belt and had been charged with assault. His wife decided to drop the assault charges and immediately after she'd signed documents to that effect, Dowdell shot her with a handgun in the courthouse lobby. Dowdell shot and injured three others, including a police officer, before another police officer shot and killed Dowdell. Dowdell's wife had a restraining order against him, but a judge allowed Dowdell to keep his guns.
Alleged responsible partyGerman Township Police Department, Masontown Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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