Shaun Brady, a native of Co Tipperary, was shot and killed outside of his restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri on August 28, 2024.
The teenager charged with the August 2024 murder of Co Tipperary native Shaun Brady in Kansas City, Missouri, will be tried as a juvenile, a judge ruled on Wednesday, May 14.
As he is a minor, the teen can only be named by his initials, K.H.
Jackson County Family Court Administrative Judge Jennifer Phillips denied the request to send the case against the teenager out of family court to the general court system, the Kansas City Star reported on Wednesday evening.
Judge Philips set the trial for September 23 and 24, and ordered the teenager to remain in secure detention.
K.H. is charged with counts of second-degree murder, attempted stealing of a vehicle, and armed criminal action.
Last August, the Kansas City Police Department confirmed that Shaun Brady was the victim of a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri on August 28.
Police said that a preliminary investigation revealed Brady was taking out trash when he observed multiple subjects by a vehicle. An interaction between the victim and subjects occurred that led to the victim being shot.
KCPD said that within an hour of the incident, two juvenile male teen subjects were taken into custody pending further investigation in regard to the case.
The vehicle used in the crime was also recovered. The subjects were taken into custody and the vehicle was found a short distance away in Midtown.
KCPD said that the incident was being investigated as a homicide.
Both of the juveniles were charged on August 30. In December, however, the charges against one of the teens were dropped.
Brady, a native of Nenagh in Co Tipperary, opened his restaurant Brady's KC in the Brookside area of Kansas City in 2022. Ahead of his restaurant's opening, Brady spoke with IrishCentral, where he was emphatic that his restaurant was Irish American, not just Irish.
A popular figure within the local Irish American community, Brady was a fixture at the Kansas City Irish Fest. The 2024 event, which was hosted just days after his tragic death, featured a special Mass in his memory.
The Board of Directors of the Kansas City Irish Fest also launched a memorial GoFundMe to benefit Shaun's wife and their two young children. The fund, which is no longer taking donations, has received more than $191k.
Shaun Brady.
On January 4, Brady's family and friends gathered for a funeral Mass for the talented chef at St. Mary's of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Co Tipperary.
In an emotional eulogy, Shaun's brother Damien said: "Shaun Paul had built a wonderful life for himself and his family in Kansas [City] - a home for their kids.
“He worked tirelessly to establish and run his own restaurant and become a treasured part of the community, something we witnessed ourselves in Kansas [City] when the local community came together to grieve his death and again here today.
“Shaun was so proud to call Nenagh his home. When we visited his restaurant in Kansas [City], the walls were decorated with paintings of local landmarks - the castle, the church, an old painting taken from a book in mam’s house in Summerhill.
“He kept a map of Ireland that hung in our family home and mam had wanted him to have it in his house in Kansas [City].
“He never forgot where he came from.”