On December 31, 2011, 51-year-old ATF agent John Capano was killed during an attempted robbery at Charlie’s Family Pharmacy on Merrick Road in Seaford, New York. Capano was at the pharmacy picking up a prescription for his father when the suspect, identified as career criminal James McGoey, began stealing cash and painkillers. An off-duty Capano followed McGoey outside and the two struggled over Capano’s service weapon.

A bystander ran to a nearby delicatessen for help. The deli owner, retired Nassau County police lieutenant Christopher Geraghty, and an off-duty NYPD officer who was a customer, Joseph Arbia, came to the scene and found Capano and McGoey wrestling. Geraghty, mistakenly believing he was shooting at the robber, shot Capano. During the struggle Capano’s firearm discharged toward Geraghty; immediately afterward Arbia shot and killed McGoey. Both Capano and McGoey were pronounced dead at the scene. The Nassau County District Attorney later declined to bring criminal charges against Geraghty or Arbia.

Capano, a 23-year ATF veteran, was survived by his wife and two children. If anyone knew Capano or was in the area that day, does any detail about the sequence of events or the people involved shed further light on what happened?