An 83-year-old North Carolina Dwelling Depot employee has died — weeks after he was tossed to the bottom making an attempt to cease a “menace to society” shoplifter nonetheless on the unfastened.
Gary Rasor is seen on surveillance footage stepping as much as confront a person wheeling three Ryobi energy washers out of the Hillsborough retailer Oct. 18 — solely to be shoved to the bottom by the criminal who then casually strolls away.
Rasor was rushed to a close-by hospital, the place he celebrated his 83rd birthday and made hopeful plans to see his new grandchild for the primary time, his spouse advised WNCN.
He died Thursday “on account of problems from the accidents acquired,” Hillsborough cops introduced the subsequent day.
The North Carolina health worker has dominated the demise a murder, police mentioned, including the hunt continues for a suspect they beforehand branded a “menace to society.”
“It’s simply past our comprehension that somebody would do that for a few energy washers,” Rasor’s son Jeff Rasor advised WNCN.
“That's simply mind-boggling,” he mentioned.
Rasor’s widow, Yovone, advised the outlet her husband initially remained “upbeat” within the hospital — till he noticed footage of the assault.
“He misplaced it … he simply misplaced it,” she recalled.
“It’s simply exhausting, and I do know it sounds foolish, however I’m nonetheless ready for him to return again residence,” she mentioned by way of tears Saturday. “I can’t get him again … that’s it.”
Police advised the outlet the larceny is now being investigated as a attainable murder.
In the meantime, police proceed their seek for the 6-foot-tall suspect, who wore a black masks and black Calvin Klein hoodie, and fled in a white Hyundai Sonata with an obscured short-term North Carolina tag.
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