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Bowling Green Widow Asks for Wrongful Death Lawsuit to be Dropped

A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from an apparent act of road rage last year in Bowling Green. 

Twenty-seven-year-old Brandon Bradshaw was shot three times in a parking lot on the 31-W Bypass and later died at a hospital. 

Bradshaw’s widow filed the lawsuit against Tommy Brown, who at the time, was an off-duty Warren County court security officer.  Brown claimed he shot Bradshaw in self-defense after the two argued in traffic.  Also named as defendants were law enforcement and medical personnel, accused in the suit of reckless disregard for Bradshaw’s life. 

Heidi Bradshaw’s attorney Gary Logsdon told WKU Public Radio that he voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit at her request.

"I honored that request because these are very difficult cases, difficult not just in the legal sense, but they take a toll on a person who participates, and that's a personal toll," said Logsdon.  "She told me the lawsuit and any funds derived from this would not heal the hole in her heart and the longer we litigated the less she came to peace and closure."

According to Logsdon, there were no settlements in the case. 

U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley dismissed the civil suit Wednesday in federal court in Bowling Green.  The criminal case was resolved last year after a Warren County grand jury did not find enough evidence to indict Brown.

Lisa is a Scottsville native and WKU alum. She has worked in radio as a news reporter and anchor for 18 years. Prior to joining WKU Public Radio, she most recently worked at WHAS in Louisville and WLAC in Nashville. She has received numerous awards from the Associated Press, including Best Reporter in Kentucky. Many of her stories have been heard on NPR.
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