Las Vegas city worker warned HR Im afraid for my life months before coworker allegedly murdered him
A Las Vegas city worker was allegedly killed by a colleague that he filed several complaints against — telling management at one point he was “afraid for my life,” records show.The complaints were made by Joe McLean, a maintenance worker, who was later allegedly shot dead by coworker Brysen Kim on June 12, police said. A grand jury indicted Kim on murder charges for the alleged shooting, to which he pleaded not guilty.
A trial for the alleged murder is set for February. Internal records obtained by Fox 5 Vegas reveal that McLean had made multiple complaints to his superiors about Kim.Not long before Mclean was killed, he wrote a complaint to HR accusing Kim of stalking him outside work, records show. “The combination of his delusions, steroid use, access to a firearm, and stated gang affiliation makes his threats credible, and his behavior dangerously unpredictable… I am afraid for my life,” the chilling complaint reads. Records dating back to February also show an urgent request by McLean to transfer work sites. “If I could put this off until next shift bid I would, unfortunately this is urgent.I need the city to be flexible and help,” McLean said in the request, which doesn’t mention Kim by name. Days after the transfer request was made, records show that Kim had filed an HR complaint against McLean, claiming that he’d caused the bed of a dump truck to nearly crush his feet. Kim said that McLean’s treatment also targeted his Hawaiian heritage after he wrote “Keep it Aloha” on the side of his truck in what he felt was a mocking manner, according to the complaint. Kim’s attorney, Nicholas Wooldridge, has claimed that it was McLean who’d been harassing Kim and that the shooting on June 12 was in self-defense, according to 8 News Now. Managers eventually heeded McLean’s complaints about Kim by placing him on paid leave and deactivating his work badge, records show. Ultimately, according to the documents, the decision was m...