The man charged in the death of an elderly Hillsborough Home Depot employee years ago pled guilty on Thursday, ending a years-long case and trial in the middle of jury deliberations.
82-year-old Gary Rasor died in 2022 from what his family and prosecution said were complications of injuries suffered when Rasor was pushed over by McMillian during a robbery of the Hampton Pointe Home Depot location on Oct. 18. Security footage video — widely circulated by Hillsborough Police as law enforcement sought the suspect — showed Rasor, who worked as a greeter at the home improvement store, confronting a man walking out with pressure-washing tools he did not pay for. The man, later identified as McMillian, pushed Rasor down onto the concrete and broke his pelvis and a rib.
Rasor was hospitalized for treatment and moved to a rehabilitation center for further recovery before his condition worsened and he died on Nov. 30. At that point, the North Carolina medical examiner officially ruled the deat...
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