Bio & Incident Details
Age: 48
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Arizona
Incident Date: 3/16/1935
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1936
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Special Agent John Bradberry was shot and killed while assisting a United States Immigration Officer in Bowie, Arizona. The immigration officer had spotted several people exiting a freight car from a train that had just arrived in Bowie and requested assistance from Agent Bradberry.
The two officers rounded up 11 men and began to question and search them for stolen property. One of the men suddenly pulled out a revolver and opened fire, fatally wounding Agent Bradberry. He exchanged gunfire with the Immigration Officer as he escaped.
The suspect was arrested in Redwood, California, two weeks later. He was was convicted of Agent Bradberry's murder and executed in the gas chamber on May 15, 1936.
