Tundra Strategies Lawsuit: Family Of Rudy Acosta Sues Canadian Military Contractor For His Death

Chaplain Capt. Richard J. Dunbar, left, reads a prayer over the transfer cases containing the remains of Army Cpl. Donald R. Mickler Jr. of Bucyrus, Ohio, and Army Cpl. Rudy A Acosta of Canyon Country, Calif. upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Department of Defense announced the deaths of Mickler and Acosta who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

LOS ANGELES -- The family of a California soldier killed in Afghanistan has sued a Canadian military contractor for rehiring a security guard, an Afghan national, after he allegedly threatened to attack U.S. troops.

The wrongful-death lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles claims Tundra Strategies failed to document the threats made by Shir Ahmed and didn't report the danger he posed to U.S. military officials.

Ahmed killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded four others at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in 2011. Among those killed was medic Rudy Acosta, whose family along with three survivors, filed the suit.

Ahmed was killed after he opened fire. U.S. officials said Tundra records show Ahmed wasn't flagged as a threat because the allegations against him were unsubstantiated.

A phone message left for Tundra was not immediately returned.

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