Roll of Honor
Brice Leon Woody
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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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
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Brice Leon Woody served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent Brice Leon Woody is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department, 15 of 23 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 65.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Brice Leon Woody's cause is highlighted.
How Brice Leon Woody Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Brice Leon Woody is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Brice Leon Woody was killed by shotgun; 12 gauge.
Incident Location
Military Service
Brice Leon Woody served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
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