Akintunde Bowden, 41, was a Milwaukee-area dentist and dental director for Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., where he had worked more than a decade providing care to underserved communities. He was shot and killed during a late-night confrontation with an upstairs neighbor on April 19, 2025, after reportedly going upstairs to complain about loud music.

Prosecutors say the neighbor, Keionna McGowan, told investigators she heard banging at her door, opened it and encountered Bowden, who she described as appearing intoxicated and angry. She said she agreed to lower the music but that the confrontation continued and Bowden kicked at the door. McGowan said she returned with a firearm and fired one shot when he moved as if to kick the door; the bullet struck Bowden in the lower abdomen. He was found lying face down and pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy attributed his death to that single gunshot wound.

McGowan was arrested and initially charged with second-degree reckless homicide with a dangerous weapon; she pleaded no contest to a reduced negligent-handling firearm homicide charge and was given a probationary sentence. Bowden’s family and the health-care community mourned the loss.