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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Luzerne County, PA) A settlement of $2.65 million has now been made in the 2017 death of a man that was involved in a shooting incident with a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission officer in Luzerne County. According to online court records, thirty-seven-year-old Sean Bohinski of Nanticoke was fatally shot by Waterways Conservation Officer Aaron Lupacchini on October 24th, 2017, during an incident along the Susquehanna River. No criminal charges were filed against Officer Lupacchini in the incident. However, the mother of Bohinski, Peggy Boucher, filed a wrongful death suit against the agency in 2019 alleging that Lupacchini violated Fish and Boat Commission policies and used excessive force when he confronted Bohinski.