Brent Renaud Cause Of Death; Brent Renaud Wife/Girlfriend, Was Brent Renaud Married?

Brent Renaud, an award-winning US filmmaker and former contributor to The New York Times, was fatally shot by Russian forces in Irpin, close to Kyiv, according to officials in Ukraine.

The Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, working alongside his brother Craig as the Renaud Brothers, also produced films for HBO and other notable organizations.

Brent Renaud, 51, was filming refugees crossing the border in Irpifn, Ukraine, on Sunday when he was shot. Brent Renaud’s colleague, named only as Juan, was also injured but survived and was taken to the hospital.

The pair were in a car and had just passed a checkpoint when Russian soldiers opened fire. Their driver tried to turn around, but Brent Renaud was shot in the neck and died at the scene.

Another US journalist who survived the attack spoke to a reporter for Italian paper Internazionale from the hospital and said that Brent Renaud had been shot in the neck and ‘had to be left behind’.

It is unclear if Brent Renaud is married or even has children.