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Prayers for Chaminade Grad’s Dad Killed in Seaford
John Capano's son was a member of the Class of 2011.
A small line of text appeared on the webpage New Year’s Day asking for prayers for the repose of the soul of John F. Capano, the off-duty ATF officer at a pharmacy in Seaford on New Year’s Eve.
His son, John M., was a member of the and is currently enrolled in Northeastern University. According to reports, he spent part of Monday attending the wake of a grandmother of a friend.
The elder Capano, who is from Massapequa, 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.
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Capano 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.
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