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Family of Jon Styres suing Peter Khill for $2M

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The spouse and two daughters of Jon Styres are suing Peter Khill, who admitted to shooting and killing Styres, for “loss of care” and “psychological damages” totalling more than $2 million.

Khill was found not-guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday after a two-week trial in Hamilton.

Court documents filed on Jan. 31, 2018 lay out the suit filed by Hamilton’s Hooper Law Offices on behalf of Lindsay Hill and her daughters, age two and four.

The civil lawsuit alleges Khill “fled the property with the intention to kill.”

None of the allegations in the suit have been tested in civil court.

The suit notes Khill “did not attempt to contact the authorities prior to confronting Jon Styres.”

Khill said he was “following his military training,” which did not include calling 911.

If the court disagrees Khill committed assault and battery when he shot Styres with the intention to cause injury or death, the suit asks that he at least be found of negligence for firing in a confined space, causing Styres to be accidentally shot.

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