Newsflash: Homicides Costs Kansas City Almost As Much As Wrist-Slap Justice

Great reporting from our prog blog friends which TOTALLY FORGETS that the perps in so many local killings are already at home eating granny's pancakes whilst locals are learning how to cope with horrific loss & tragedy.

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The murder would cost Kansas City far more than the incalculable loss of a husband and father to his adoring family. The incident — just one of 144 homicides in Kansas City last year — also speaks to the lingering economic toll of gun violence.

“Shaun Brady was more than just a friend to me — he was family,” wrote chef Jasper Mirabile in the recently published Shaun & Seamus Brady Cookbook, produced as part of ongoing community efforts to support the Brady family. “Shaun was a one-of-a-kind soul. A devoted family man and easily one of the finest chefs in Kansas City.” 

Brady’s murder rippled from this east Brookside corner, through the Brady family, through the neighborhood, through the area restaurant scene, through the Irish community and the city writ large. His murder made international news and its impact lingers long after the initial tears have dried.

“Crime is a disease. Gun crime is cancer. Shooting deaths are like Stage IV cancer,” said Butch Rigby, owner of Screenland Real Estate Services and the building that housed Brady & Fox. “It is probably the single worst threat to the economic viability of a neighborhood.” 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Hidden costs of grief: Chef Shaun Brady's murder illustrates economic toll of gun violence in KC

The killing of beloved Irish-born chef Shaun Brady triggered at least $1.5 million in measurable costs, revealing the often-ignored economic burden gun violence places on families, neighborhoods, businesses and taxpayers.