An Irish restaurant owner in Kansas City, Missouri has been shot dead outside his restaurant.
Shaun Brady, a native of Nenagh in County Tipperary, reportedly died after encountering a group of men outside his restaurant in the city's Brookside neighborhood.
The shooting was being reported in all Irish major news outlets.
Locally, the Kansas City Star was reporting that police officers responded to reports of a shooting at East 63rd Street and Rockhill Road around 5:18 p.m. Wednesday, this according to Sergeant Phil DiMartino, a Kansas City Police Department spokesperson.
Upon arrival, the report stated, officers discovered the victim unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds, The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to the Star account Brady owned and operated Brady & Fox Restaurant & Lounge with chef and friend Graham Farris.
"The beloved chef was both a father and a prominent figure in Kansas City’s Irish community. He is survived by his wife, Kate, a Wichita native who met Brady while traveling in Ireland."
Brady, the Star report added, had been taking out the trash from one of the adjacent businesses when he encountered several people standing around a parked car, this according to Sergeant DiMartino.
Local media reports have been stating that the men that Brady encountered were trying to steal a car.
The shooting occurred as the interaction between the man and the group of suspects escalated. The shooting was witnessed by several people and was captured on surveillance cameras from nearby businesses. Officers continued to investigate at the scene of the shooting Wednesday night.
"Early Thursday, police confirmed Brady was the victim killed in the shooting. Brady & Fox opened in spring 2022 in east Brookside following more than a decade of culinary collaboration between Brady and Farris, the Star report added.
"The pair previously ran Brady’s Public House, an Irish restaurant on Troost Avenue that closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The chef grew up in County Tipperary, Ireland, and was one of the youngest graduates from the Dublin Institute of Technology after falling in love with the Dublin restaurant scene.
"Brady worked in kitchens in Europe and Asia before embarking on a culinary career in Chicago. When he relocated to Kansas City to become executive chef at the Ambassador Hotel, Farris became first his apprentice, then his partner.
"Heavily involved in Kansas City’s Irish community, Brady was also a vocal participant in Kansas City’s Irish Fest, bringing live cooking demonstrations to the festival stage."
