Hampton Bays Man ID'd as Suspect in Fatal Seaford Holdup

According to news reports, a Hampton Bays man has been identified as the suspect in a Seaford robbery at  that ended in his death and the death of an off-duty deferal agent.

John Capano, an off-duty federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), was  as the suspect attempted to exit the pharmacy, according to reports. Police have not released who shot Capano.

According to the Daily News, Capano, 51, of Massapequa was in the pharmacy to buy cancer medication for his father when the suspect, James McGoey, 43, of Hampton Bays, entered the store and announced a holdup.

NBC has reported that Capano was a 23-year veteran of the ATF and a trained explosives expert who taught U.S. military and local forces in Afghanistan and Iraq how to investigate blasts.

Rory O'Connor, assistant special agent in charge in the ATF's New York office, told NBC:

He was a veteran agent who did his job well. Even though off-duty, he felt the need to take action in an attempt to protect the public.

Saturday's fatal shooting is the second of its kind on Long Island in 2011, after a lone gunman four people at a Medford pharmacy during a botched robbery in June.