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The stepdaughter of a Home Depot worker who died six weeks after being shoved to the concrete floor by a serial shoplifter has said she wants his attacker to have ‘no place to hide’.
Gary Rasor, 83, died on December 1 after he confronted the suspect at the store's garden center on October 18, trying to stop him from stealing three pressure washers worth $800.
The grandfather put his arm out to stop the man from rolling away a cartful of shoplifted pressure washers. He was seen on surveillance footage being shoved to the floor by the thief, who was clad in a Calvin Klein hoodie and face mask.
Rasor, who had worked at the Hillsborough, North Carolina, store for nine years, was in and out of the hospital in the weeks after the incident before being transferred to hospice care, where he celebrated his 83rd birthday.
Leigh Bucholtz, Rasor's stepdaughter, is urging anyone with information to contact the police before the suspect 'hurts or kills someone else'.
Gary Rasor (pictured) was shoved to the ground when he tried to confront a suspect at a Home Depot in North Carolina on October 18. His stepdaughter Leigh Bucholtz is urging anyone with information to contact the police before the suspect 'hurts or kills someone else'
Rasor, pictured in the hospital with his son Jeff, died on December 1 after being admitted the day before Thanksgiving. His stepdaughter Leigh posted online saying 'thanks for the happy holidays you piece of s***' referring to the attacker
Speaking to DailyMail.com she said: 'What I want is for the attacker to be apprehended immediately. I want his face on every TV, in every newspaper, on billboards and social media until there is no place for him hide.
'My first priority was Gary and his care but now that he's passed my next priority and the best way to honor Gary is to catch his attacker.'
She added that the family wanted to make the attacker ‘famous’, bemoaning the fact that the assailant is ‘still roaming free’.
Leigh posted online saying 'thanks for the happy holidays you piece of s***' referring to the attacker.
Rasor was left unable to walk and suffered a mild heart attack after the incident, and also suffered pneumonia.
Hillsborough Police confirmed his death was linked to the injuries he suffered during the incident, adding that they have not yet made an arrest.
His wife Yovone said that she and her husband had plans to retire, travel and meet their new grandchild for the first time before his
