![]() "If you are placing somebody in such a dangerous environment, somebody's husband or father, and you know you are placing them in a dangerous environment, you need to do your level best to make sure they are prepared to face that danger," he said.īrinks and Capital One declined requests to comment on the lawsuit. "Brinks knew the environment they were placing our clients' husband and father into, and so far as what we can tell, didn't do anything special to protect them," said Jorge Borunda, a lawyer in the firm representing Kinney's family.Īs for the bank, Borunda said large sums of money were openly transferred in front of the building, despite the Galleria having been at the center of a "crime spree" of recent bank robberies. Brinks and Capital One were aware of the increased dangers faced by guards, but failed to take "reasonable action," contends the suit. in armored car robberies.Ī lawsuit recently filed in Harris County on behalf of Kinney's widow, Rosalind Kinney, and their son seeks more than $1 million in damages, but does not specify an exact amount.Ībout 20 percent of the country's armored car robberies occurred in Houston the past two years. ![]() Kinney, 60, was shot in the head in February outside a Capital One branch in the Galleria area, following two years in which the Houston metropolitan area led the U.S. Show More Show LessĪs the murderers of Brinks guard Alvin Kinney remain on the run, his family contends the armored car company and a bank should have done more to protect him in the most dangerous city in the nation for his line of work. Kinney was ambushed and executed by at least three armed assailants wearing body armor and face-shield masks in the Galleria area of Houston, Texas, on February 12, 2015. ![]() 1 of2 The FBI Violent Crime Task Force, Houston Police Department, and other area law enforcement agencies working the case are also expanding the digital billboard campaign touting an up to $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and identification of the masked gunmen and any others who took part in this violent robbery and murder of Brinks guard Alvin Kinney Show More Show Less 2 of2 Several gunmen believed responsible for the robbery and murder of Brinks guard Alvin Kinney. ![]()
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