Federal officials knew a disgruntled ex-government worker might try to harm people at his former Manhattan office before he shot dead a security guard there, the victim’s widow claims in a lawsuit.
Kevin Downing was angry about his 1999 termination from the Department of Labor and was a “well-known danger” to staffers at the department’s 201 Varick St. offices long before he killed Idrissa Camara on Aug. 21, 2015, according to the Manhattan federal suit filed by Ayana Simmons.
“This was a situation where the US government fell down on the job,” said Simmons’ lawyer, Andrew Celli.
A department spokesperson declined to comment.
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