NC - Home Depot employee Gary Rasor, 82, dies after being shoved to ground by shoplifter Terry McMillian Jr., 26 - 1/25/23

[Bishop Black]

North Carolina man arrested in death of Home Depot worker, 83, shoved during theft

Terry McMillian Jr., 26, was arrested Tuesday in North Carolina months after a shoplifting incident that resulted in the death of 83-year-old Home Depot worker Gary Rasor.

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Police in North Carolina have arrested the man they say was caught on video last year as he shoplifted at a Home Depot and assaulted an elderly employee, who later died of his injuries.

Terry McAnthony McMillian Jr., 26, of Durham, was taken into custody without incident Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder and robbery, the Hillsborough Police Department said.

McMillian allegedly shoved the then-82-year-old worker, whom family later identified as Gary Rasor, as he left the Hillsborough store’s garden area with a shopping cart holding three pressure washers at around 10:40 a.m. on Oct. 18.

Surveillance footage released at the time appears to show the worker confronting the hoodie-wearing suspect when the suspect raises his arm to shove the elderly man, who falls to the ground and appears to hit his head on a flowerpot.

 

[Petunia83]

GOOD! I’m so glad they got that … I read about it when this first happened and I thought to myself, oh my God, they will probably never catch that guy and it made me furious. I am so glad they’ve arrested him and he will be prosecuted. What he did to that poor sweet elderly man makes me sick.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

McMillian, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and robbery. A jury will decide whether his actions during the Oct. 18, 2022, robbery caused Home Depot worker Gary Rasor’s death, or whether Rasor, 83, died six weeks later from existing health conditions.

Special Superior Court Judge Clayton Somers spoke briefly with Brown, who could not be found after she claimed a $10,000 reward in 2023 for McMillian’s arrest. Prosecutors weren’t sure she would respond to a subpoena to testify at his trial.

Somers agreed Thursday to let Brown be outfitted with a GPS monitoring device and leave for the night, rather than putting her in jail to make sure she shows up to testify Friday in court.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article306258116.html

 

[sunspun]

McMillian, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and robbery. A jury will decide whether his actions during the Oct. 18, 2022, robbery caused Home Depot worker Gary Rasor’s death, or whether Rasor, 83, died six weeks later from existing health conditions.

Special Superior Court Judge Clayton Somers spoke briefly with Brown, who could not be found after she claimed a $10,000 reward in 2023 for McMillian’s arrest. Prosecutors weren’t sure she would respond to a subpoena to testify at his trial.

Somers agreed Thursday to let Brown be outfitted with a GPS monitoring device and leave for the night, rather than putting her in jail to make sure she shows up to testify Friday in court.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article306258116.html

Did I miss something? Who is Brown? Maybe someone who was with McMillian at the store?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Did I miss something? Who is Brown? Maybe someone who was with McMillian at the store?

Diamond Brown, whose tip led police to Terry McMillian Jr., the Durham man on trial for murder, spoke with an attorney before appearing before a judge in Orange County Superior Court.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article306258116.html

 

[imstilla.grandma]

After CBS 17 spoke to Rasor’s family, his wife, Yovone, said Rasor stepped in against the “menace” because her husband recognized McMillian as a repeat shoplifter.

“He knows the guy is a thief. He’s been there, he’s seen him in the store before,” Yovone previously told CBS 17. “And what he told me was that sometimes the guy will buy one or two items so he has a receipt, and then he’ll add more stuff to his cart and flash the receipt.”

On Wednesday, jurors requested to view a video and audio of conversations between McMillian and a woman.

“I didn’t kill nobody,” McMillian could be heard saying in one of the recordings. “The video proves it.”

The jury also requested to view medical records from Duke and Hillcrest Convalescent Center.

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/jury-deliberating-in-murder-trial-for-death-of-83-year-old-home-depot-worker-in-north-carolina/

 

[al66pine]

Med Examiner's Findings

After CBS 17 spoke to Rasor’s family, his wife, Yovone, said Rasor stepped in against the “menace” because her husband recognized McMillian as a repeat shoplifter.

“He knows the guy is a thief. He’s been there, he’s seen him in the store before,” Yovone previously told CBS 17. “And what he told me was that sometimes the guy will buy one or two items so he has a receipt, and then he’ll add more stuff to his cart and flash the receipt.”

On Wednesday, jurors requested to view a video and audio of conversations between McMillian and a woman.

“I didn’t kill nobody,” McMillian could be heard saying in one of the recordings. “The video proves it.”

The jury also requested to view medical records from Duke and Hillcrest Convalescent Center.

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/jury-deliberating-in-murder-trial-for-death-of-83-year-old-home-depot-worker-in-north-carolina/

@imstilla.grandma Thx for your link w quote.

" The North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner had ruled his death a homicide....
"Rasor suffered right pelvic fractures, the N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said in the autopsy. The report also said other contributing factors to his death include “significant enlargement of the heart muscle due to longstanding high blood pressure along with emphysema.” Rasor suffered other broken bones as well." bbm

Sad, sad, sad.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[The4TierBridge]

Terry McMillan Jr. has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and robbery and was handed a sentence of 8-10 years in prison on Thursday: https://myfox8.com/news/north-carol...year-old-home-depot-worker-in-north-carolina/

 

[imstilla.grandma]

*So many tears. This makes me so emotional. RIP Mr. Rasor

"You heard a lot about my dad and how he stepped up. He was a good father, and we all miss him. One of the best things about him is his forgiving quality," said Jeffrey Rasor, Gary's son, during his victim impact statement.

Rasor's forgiving nature was a common theme throughout the victim impact statements and Nieman's address.

"Our sincere hope, and my father's sincere hope would be that Mr. McMIllian uses this time if there's any way possible, rehabilitate, reskill, whatever is available in that time, that he may come out and be a productive citizen of this country and re-engage with his family," Jeffrey Rasor added.

Home Depot shoving death case ends in guilty plea, message from family of worker killed at NC store

Gary Rasor's son tells the court that one of his father's hopes would be that Terry McMillian Jr. uses his time to rehabilitate.

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