LAST UPDATE | 29 Aug 2024

TWO TEENAGERS HAVE been arrested after an Irishman who was working in the United States as a chef was shot dead outside his own restaurant.

Shaun Brady owned the Brady & Fox restaurant in Kansas City.

Kansas City police told The Journal that officers responded to that address on Wednesday night following reports of a shooting. They found a man dead.

Witnesses said Brady had been trying to stop someone breaking into a car. An interaction between the victim and subjects occurred that led to the victim being shot, a spokesperson for the police said.

Kansas City police confirmed the arrests to The Journal. “Within an hour of the incident occurring two juvenile male teen subjects were taken into custody pending further investigation in regard to this case,” a spokesperson said.

A vehicle which was used in the shooting was also recovered. The investigation is ongoing.

Brady had appeared on the Fox News channel several times to do cooking demonstrations and promote Irish Fest, a local cultural celebration, which takes place again this weekend.

In a statement today, Kansas City Irish Fest Community said the group’s “hearts are absolutely broken to hear of the tragic loss of our dear friend and colleague”.

“Shaun was not only a large part of the Kansas City Irish Fest Family, his restaurant, Brady and Fox, was a place where many in the Irish community gathered,” the statement added.

“It was one of Shaun’s greatest gifts to bring people together with his culinary creations.”

While the Kansas City Irish Fest will go ahead as planned this weekend, the group has cancelled its Irish Breakfast “to give those who knew and loved Shaun a chance to gather and remember him”.

Shaun was the head chef and creator of the Irish Breakfast, a tradition that follows Catholic Mass on the Sunday of the festival weekend.

Meanwhile, one of Shaun’s friends, Pat O’Neill, told Fox News that the “Irish community is totally stunned”.

He said Shaun was a “beloved figure” and a “generous do anything for anyone kind of guy”.

With reporting by Diarmuid Pepper.