An upstate New York man who authorities say was intentionally struck by a driver in the parking lot of a Walmart last month has died, the New York State Police said Tuesday.

Michael Bushey, 69 of Saratoga Springs, was one of two Walmart employees run over by an alleged shoplifter on the evening of Oct. 16.

Timothy W. Besaw, 34, of Gansevoort, was stopped by an employee at the Walmart in Wilton around 11 p.m. after he reportedly tried to leave the store with stolen merchandise, state troopers said in a news release.

Besaw returned the items he was carrying but still left the store wearing merchandise he allegedly hadn’t paid for. He was then confronted by a Walmart employee in the parking lot, and the two got into a verbal altercation, after which he got into his vehicle and struck the

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