Crime & Safety
Baldwin Shooting Death: Lawsuit Alleges Negligence
James Hines was gunned down outside of his workplace in December. His mother filed the wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday.
BALDWIN, PA - The family of a man allegedly shot to death by a co-worker outside the personal care home where both men worked has filed a lawsuit against the victim’s employer and two other employees.
Linda Kulikowski, the mother of of James Hines Jr., was filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. It alleges Community options Inc. failed to complete a background check on defendant James D. King or ignored his history of arrest for violent crimes.
Also named in the lawsuit were Community Options supervisors Lisa Barnes and Ashley Weaver.
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King, 33, of the North Side resident, allegedly gunned down Hines, 21, of Clairton, on Dec. 31. King has been charged with criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person, tampering with evidence and a firearms violation.
King photo via Allegheny County Police.
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