Suspect in Memphis Jewish school shooting posts bond
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of a shooting outside a Memphis Jewish school last year has posted bond, according to court records.
Joel Bowman was set to be released from 201 Poplar on $200,000 bond Tuesday morning, records show. He will be monitored by GPS and is barred from most travel and access to firearms.
Police say Bowman fired several shots while attempting to enter the Margolin Hebrew Academy on White Station Road last July.
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Officers caught up with Bowman in Berclair shortly after the shooting. He exited his vehicle with a gun in his hand and aimed it at an officer before he was shot by the officer, police say.
Bowman is charged with attempted second-degree murder, possession of a weapon in a dangerous felony, carrying a weapon on school property, reckless endangerment and assault on a first responder.
Records show his bond was reduced last Thursday.
Bowman, 33, was a former student at Margolin Hebrew Academy. A friend told WREG that Bowman was diagnosed with PTSD, perhaps stemming from his father’s death in 2003, when police fatally shot him during a mental health episode.
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