Staff Reports
A former Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department deputy was arrested along with her brother after a domestic dispute involving a shooting was called into 911.
Sheriff’s deputies were called at 11 p.m. Sunday to 2905 S. Lake Drive after a 911 call about a domestic disturbance involving an individual who had been shot.
When deputies arrived, they located a female, Hannah T. Bowman, 37, who lived at the Lake Drive address, who also is a former sheriff’s deputy.
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Bowman told deputies she had shot her husband during an altercation while he was sitting inside her vehicle, deputies said.
The husband, age 49, who was not identified, had injuries to his shoulder but refused medical treatment, deputies said. The husband was injured by glass shards when the bullet ricocheted inside the vehicle, deputies said.
The husband is not cooperating with authorities at this time, deputies added.
As the investigation continued, Bowman’s brother, Jonathan A. Lawburgh, 35, 7965 W. County Road 600N, Scipio, showed up at the residence and, at one point, started to fight with investigating deputies and other first responders, deputies said.
After the physical altercation occurred, Lawburgh was detained and now faces preliminary charges of battery on a public safety official (two counts), obstruction of justice, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement. He has since been released from the Bartholomew County Jail on bond, deputies said.
Evidence at the scene matched statements given by Bowman, deputies said. Alcohol was present at the scene and Bowman admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages prior to the incident, deputies said. She tested at .215 percent on a portable breath test, deputies said.
After all the evidence and statements were taken, Bowman was arrested on a preliminary charge of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon.
Bowman was employed as a merit deputy sheriff by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department from April 9, 2007 to Nov. 20, 2009, when she resigned, deputies said. She has had no affiliation with the department since that time, deputies said.
Bowman was being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.
Detective Will Kinman is the investigating detective in the case. Bartholomew County road deputies, Indiana State Police and Elizabethtown Fire Department assisted at the scene.
