Man Tries to Run Down Pro-lifers, Then Attempts to Murder Wife
Man could be charged with felonies in both incidents
Wichita, Kansas - May 29, 2004 Operation Rescue West was conducting a Neighborhood Prayer Walk on May 27, near the home of one of George Tiller’s abortion mill workers, Joan Armentrout, when a man driving a large white pick-up stopped to speak to Michele Herzog about the pro-life outreach. “He seemed very, very angry,” said Michele, who had quietly spoken to him in an attempt to calm the situation and reason with him, but to no avail.
The man left but returned a few minutes later and drove over the curb and onto the grass, narrowly missing a group of pro-life picketers, including Michele and her young daughter, Rebecca. He then backed up and attempted to run into other pro-lifers but was thankfully thwarted when his tire became stuck in a storm drain. All the while, he was yelling threats and cursing. The entire incident was caught on videotape.
ORW President Troy Newman was on the scene and immediately began yelling for everyone to get behind a tree or pole for safety while ORW missionary Brenna Sullenger summoned the police, who took a report and gathered the videotape of the incident for evidence. The police ran the license plate, but found it was registered to a company in Texas.
The next morning, police were summoned to a home near the same location and arrested 24-year old Steven Bowring for attempting to murder his wife. According to news reports, Bowring had spent the night drinking, then came home, chased his wife with a knife, doused her with gasoline, and attempted to light her on fire. He is currently incarcerated at the Sedgwick County Jail.
This news shocked the ORW crew that had narrowly survived their encounter with this obviously troubled young man.
“I thought he was the kind to go home and get a gun,” Michele has said after the picketing incident. “I am just thankful to be alive. I have to wonder if there has been an abortion in this young man’s past.”
ORW asks for prayers for Steven Bowring and for his traumatized wife. We pray that God will use this situation to lead them both to seek repentance, forgiveness and salvation through Jesus Christ.
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Crime Connection?
Jeanene Kiesling
May 28 - A man suspected of trying to run over abortion protestors may have been involved in another violent attack.
Thursday night, a man reportedly tried to run over people at an abortion protest. That suspect was still on the loose when police say the man was involved in another violent attack.
The man is now in the Sedgwick County jail. The arrest came and the crimes were connected after police say the suspect doused his wife with gasoline and tried to light her on fire.
Operation Rescue West say it was a routine protest for them, until they say someone tried to run over them. The group was protesting near a clinic workers’ home when they say a white truck pulled up over the curb, nearly hitting a woman an child.
When police arrived the suspect was gone. He was driving a 2004 Dodge Pickup truck. The tag number checked back to a business in Texas.
But soon enough, police would once again encounter the man they now believe was driving the truck.
Just after 4:00am Friday, police received another call from a woman who claimed her husband had just come home after a night of drinking. She says when she tried to leave he held her against her will, chased her with a knife then poured gasoline on her and tried to light her on fire.
24 year old Steven Bowring was arrested and faces several felony charges including aggravated assault, terrorist threat and criminal restraint.
In the driveway police say they found Bowring’s truck. It’s the same truck police now say was involved in the earlier ordeal.
Bowring remains in custody. Investigators say they will seek additional charges stemming from the protest incident.
June 4th, 2004 at 9:25 am
Once again our Lord Jesus Christ protected you. It is interesting the police couldn’t locate the guy even though they had who the truck was registered to in Texas. What, they don’t know who took one of their new trucks out of state?
June 24th, 2004 at 9:07 am
I am against abortion to but those pictures are wrong your hurting more people by showing them the you are by helping them…thats no fair to those babies for their pictures to be up like that..you need to think about that before you go and jump on people who dont care about abortion there not the ones with the distastful pictures of poor innocent babys. They didnt asked to be aborted and they didnt asked to have their picture exposed like that. DO NOT LIKE THE PICTURES. But we are against abortion and you should keep it up without the pictures people will get the message without them.
June 24th, 2004 at 12:37 pm
Sara/Cassie:
You are right, the pictures are so sad and pathetic. I’d like to encourage you - in love - to take your thoughts of disgust one step further, beyond the messenger to the the message. Think on this simple thought: “When the killing stops, there will be no photos to show.”
June 24th, 2004 at 5:32 pm
Our prayers are with all of you. I thought things
were explosive here in DC but your story takes
the cake. Make sure to pray, take holy water
with you and carry a large crucifix. May
the shed blood of Jesus Christ cover you all.
God bless you,
Missy Smith
WAKE UP
Women Against the Killing & Exploitation of
Unprotected Persons
June 24th, 2004 at 5:33 pm
Our prayers are with all of you. I thought things
were explosive here in DC but your story takes
the cake. Make sure to pray, take holy water
with you and carry a large crucifix. May
the shed blood of Jesus Christ cover you all.
God bless you,
Missy Smith
WAKE UP
Women Against the Killing & Exploitation of
Unprotected Persons
July 4th, 2004 at 6:04 am
Sometimes you have to show something for what it is, and that’s what those pictures do.
January 5th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Steven Bowring was killed last September in an automobile accident, on West Kellogg. I went to high school with him, and he was always nice and kind. These incidents seem out of the ordinary, unlike him, and out of character. I’m not saying it didn’t happen, I’m just saying he comes from a very good family, and was always a nice person when I went to school with him. Maybe people can make bad decisions, but it doestn’ make them bad people.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
Some more things need to be said about this incident. A very important fact needs to be brought out….the protesters and their disgusting signs were brought to Steven’s attention by his 6 yr old daughter who was absolutely horrified by the pictures she saw. We would never allow a 6 yr old to witness and abortion being done in person, so why is it okay to display such an awful photo so publicly?!?!? You may not agree with his actions, but please don’t misjudge his intentions.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:51 am
First off - It seems the same people who protest abortion also protest sex-ed, and birth control. Why is that? You can’t have your cake and eat it too- there’s more than black and white, there’s many shades of grey in between.
Second - displaying the aborted fetus pictures - just antagonize people. Do a positive effort - like show people who’s mother changed their mind- “Look, now I’m a Lawyer.” Promote the condom and the pill. Some young people are 99% abstinante, it’s the 1% when they aren’t is when they get pregnant.
LETS PUT A POSITIVE SWING TO YOUR CAUSE.
Because anybody can come along and say - ‘So, what if Hitlers Mother had an abortion? Or BinLaudens? Wouldn’t the world be so much nicer?’
Maybe that aborted fetus you show could of grown up to be another serial killer. Should I cheer?
Change your capaign so people sympathize.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Oh, and I myself am against abortion. But until we put the necessary safeguards like education in it’s something we have to live with.
I would rather a child be adopted. Abortion only in cases of rape (within 48 hrs) or severe deformity of the fetus (no head, etc).