Dudley Philip Brady

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division — Saint Paul, MN

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch July 12, 1940

Age 50

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 17

Incident

Game Warden 'Dud' Brady, Game Warden Melvin Holt, and Game Warden Marcus Whipps were shot and killed while questioning a man about illegal fish shipments to Iowa. Warden Holt and Warden Brady had originally gone to the man's home in Waterville to question him, but the suspect ordered them off of the property and told them not to return without a warrant. The wardens returned with Warden Whipps, who asked the suspect to see his license to handle fish commercially. The man told them he would get it but returned with a 12 gauge shotgun and shot all three wardens, killing them all instantly. The man then committed suicide. Warden Brady was a World War I veteran who had served with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division for 17 years and had been a part-time deputy for an additional 11 years. He was wounded in 1928 by a poacher he was attempting to arrest.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents.

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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.
Game Warden Brady gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division

Location Saint Paul, MN

Platform Identity mdnredcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 12, 1940

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun; 12 gauge

Offender Committed suicide

Military Service

Dudley Philip Brady served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Game Warden Dudley Philip Brady is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MN, 173 of 293 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59% of this state's fallen. That is 4.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, 5 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 27.8% of this agency's fallen.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division

of 18 officers

27.8% Felonious

MN — Statewide

173

of 293 officers

59% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious