City, county law enforcement sued for 2020 fatal shooting
The father of a man killed in an officer-involved shooting last year has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Columbus, Lowndes County, Sheriff Eddie Hawkins and multiple officers from Columbus Police Department and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office.
Austin Hines
Austin Hines, 19, was fatally shot by area law enforcement officers on April 1, 2020, following a police chase involving city officers and county deputies that ended when Hines crashed his vehicle near the railroad tracks near Waterworks Road and Seventh Avenue North. Last month his father, Jason Hines of Lowndes County, filed the complaint in federal court in Aberdeen, though his attorney, Daniel Waide of Hattiesburg, said the suit initially began in Lowndes County Circuit Court last year.