A police officer will be honored for heroism after shooting and killing an elderly man at an AT&T retail store.
Police say that man, Abraham Dickan, 79, had a hit list consisting of employees at the New York Mills, N.Y., store that he wanted to kill. Authorities say he wasn’t happy with service he received in a previous visit. He managed to shoot one of the employees Thursday before getting shot himself by Rome Officer Donald Moore, who was off-duty and just happened to be shopping in the store at the time of the attack.
The store clerk, Seth Turk, 37, is expected to survive the shooting.
Now, AT&T wants to meet with Moore and Rome city officials to figure out a way to honor the officer.
"… they want to thank him they would like him to meet with the employees if he will, from AT&T," Public Safety Commissioner James Masucci told WKTV-TV of Utica. “I spoke to Officer Moore this morning on the phone and that's going to be a good possibility. He's been going to the hospital and visiting the victim, Seth Turk ...”
The accolades won’t happen immediately. All parties involved want to take time to recognize the gravity of the situation first.
