James Brady
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Patrolman

James Brady

Felonious
End of Watch October 6, 1890
Age 30
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Brady was shot and killed during a shootout in a saloon at the corner of Carondolet Avenue and North 11th Street. He went there to assist other officers engaged in a shootout with several men they had tried to arrest for fighting. All the suspects were taken into custody. The suspect who shot Patrolman Brady was convicted of his murder and hanged on July 27, 1894. Patrolman Brady served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for four years.

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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Brady gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 6, 1890
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

James is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1890, 65 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 113th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 30. 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. James had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, James among them.

Across the years

Patrolman James Brady

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch October 6, 1890

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 24-W

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