Police arrest suspect in fatal Baldwin group home shooting

There is a real sense of relief Tuesday night for Jamie Hines’ family.

The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department fugitive quad was checking vacant homes in the North Side and found James King, 33, who is suspected of fatally shooting Hines on Dec. 17, in a house that he owns right behind his mother’s home.

Investigators had been there before and there was no sign of King, but then they got a break.

“Someone seen him Friday night up by the Kuhn's market on Shadeland Avenue, and they stated that it appeared he was homeless and like real cold,” said Sgt. Doug Clark of the sheriff’s department. “So that's why we started working our way toward abandoned houses or houses that had no heat.”

As deputies searched the home on Sunday Way, they heard movement on the third floor. It was King.

“We negotiated with him about 20 minutes,” Clark said. “He was upstairs, on the third floor behind a closed door. We negotiated with him and he came out peacefully.”

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King's arrest comes less than 24 hours after Target 11 aired new photos of King and an emotional plea from Hines’ mother.

King is accused of shooting and killing Hines outside the Baldwin group home where they both worked. A witness said they had been arguing.

From behind a partially closed door, King’s mother told Channel 11 she would let the court determine her son's fate.

Channel 11 spoke with Kulikowski and Hines’ father and they said they are relieved that the suspect has finally been arrested.

King remains in the county jail.

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