Police Officer Molly Suzanne Bowden , 26, of the Columbia, Missouri Police Department succumbed to gunshot wounds a month ago as a result of being shot during a traffic stop. The suspect shot her once in the shoulder and later shot her in the neck where the suspect shot her two more times. She died on February 10th. She is survived by her husband who is also a police officer with the Columbia Police Department, two stepsons, parents and a brother. She had worked for the agency for 3 1/2 years.
There have been 13 line of duty deaths so far in 2005 and 17, 408 total to date.