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Special Agent

Brice Leon Woody

Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department — San Francisco, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 23, 1965

Age 45

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Location: California Incident Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1965 Weapon: Shotgun; 12 gauge Offender: Sentenced to prison

Special Agent Brice Woody succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained nine days earlier when he was shot by a teenage suspect while investigating a rock throwing incident involving a Southern Pacific train on the 19th Street Overpass in Oakland, California.

Agent Woody went to a nearby residence to question the 16-year-old. The youth had been drinking and cursed at Agent Woody before producing a 12-gauge shotgun and shooting him in the stomach.

The suspect fled the scene but was arrested a short time later by members of the Oakland Police Department. He was convicted of Agent Woody's murder and sentenced to a maximum security juvenile detention center.

Agent Woody was a WWII veteran of the United States Marine Corps and had served with the Southern Pacific Railroad Police for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, and three siblings, and is buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Mateo County, California.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Special Agent Woody gave the Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Francisco community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department

Type Police Department

Location San Francisco, City and County of San Francisco, CA

Platform Identity sprpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 23, 1965

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun; 12 gauge

Military Service

Brice Leon Woody served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Brice is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1965, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Brice was 45. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Brice had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was shotgun; 12 gauge, in 0.3% of these deaths.

Every cause

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