The state has paid $650,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed her son was wrongly killed by a state trooper who previously was the subject of a $12.5 million settlement for fatally shooting an unarmed 12-year-old boy in the back.The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported the settlement Friday based on documents it received in a Right-to-Know request from the state attorney general's office. The documents show the state paid $650,000 to settle its share of a federal lawsuit stemming from the death of Nicholas Haniotakis.State Trooper Samuel Nassan fatally shot Haniotakis when he allegedly tried to hit officers with his vehicle after a short chase in Pittsburgh in March 2009. Nassan also shot 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe after a 2002 stolen car chase, leading to the earlier settlement.

The state has paid $650,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed her son was wrongly killed by a state trooper who previously was the subject of a $12.5 million settlement for fatally shooting an unarmed 12-year-old boy in the back.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported the settlement Friday based on documents it received in a Right-to-Know request from the state attorney general's office.



The documents show the state paid $650,000 to settle its share of a federal lawsuit stemming from the death of Nicholas Haniotakis.


State Trooper Samuel Nassan fatally shot Haniotakis when he allegedly tried to hit officers with his vehicle after a short chase in Pittsburgh in March 2009.



Nassan also shot 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe after a 2002 stolen car chase, leading to the earlier settlement.