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Lawyer: Ex-cop thought Capano was bad guy

Originally published: January 5, 2012 1:57 PM
Updated: January 5, 2012 10:36 PM
By MATTHEW CHAYES AND ANN GIVENS.  matthew.chayes@newsday.com,, ann.givens@newsday.com

Police investigate the scene at Charlie's Family Pharmacy

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Police investigate the scene at Charlie's Family Pharmacy in Seaford, where two people -- an alleged robber and an ATF agent -- were shot and killed on New Year's Eve. (Dec. 31, 2011)

The bullet that killed John Capano as he wrestled with a robber outside a Seaford pharmacy was fired at close range and struck the ATF agent in the chest, tearing into his aorta, law enforcement sources familiar with the autopsy findings said Thursday.

The bullet was fired from a .38-caliber revolver, the same caliber gun retired Nassau County police Lt. Christopher Geraghty, 54, was carrying...

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