Terry McMillian Jr charged in the shoving death of 82-year-old Home Depot employee during a robbery last year.

[Turlast]

Man charged in death of 82-year-old Home Depot employee during robbery​

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (Gray News) – A man has been arrested in connection with a robbery at a North Carolina Home Depot in October that led to the death of an employee.

Hillsborough police said Terry McAnthony McMillian Jr., 26, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with first-degree murder and robbery.

The robbery happened on Oct. 18, 2022, when a suspect stole three pressure washers from the store and pushed an 82-year-old employee to the ground. The event was caught on surveillance camera.

The employee died Nov. 30 from the injuries he sustained during his fall.

“We are glad we were able to bring some closure to this case and are very appreciative of the family’s patience and support,” Hillsborough Police Chief Duane Hampton said. “This was a team effort involving many of our local criminal justice partners, the SBI and the public.”

Police said McMillian was arrested without incident and taken to Orange County Jail. He is being held without bond.

No further details were given.

 

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Wouldn’t this be manslaughter and not first degree murder?

One of you guys has to be in law school.

Help me understand.
The guy should be in prison and all that. 100% agree. But that first degree murder charge sounds odd to me.

 

[Conan]

Wouldn’t this be manslaughter and not first degree murder?

One of you guys has to be in law school.

Help me understand.
The guy should be in prison and all that. 100% agree. But that first degree murder charge sounds odd to me.

Not in law school. But here's the definition of first degree murder in NC:

A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.21, poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any arson, rape or a sex offense, robbery, kidnapping, burglary, or other felony committed or attempted with the use of a deadly weapon shall be deemed to be murder in the first degree, a Class A felony, and any person who commits such murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment in the State's prison for life without parole as the court shall determine pursuant to G.S. 15A-2000, except that any such person who was under 18 years of age at the time of the murder shall be punished in accordance with Part 2A of Article 81B of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Sanpaku eyes

 

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Nikka got them eyes like “Yeah I did it and I’d do it again, too”

 

[Starboy52]

Wouldn’t this be manslaughter and not first degree murder?

One of you guys has to be in law school.

Help me understand.
The guy should be in prison and all that. 100% agree. But that first degree murder charge sounds odd to me.

Happened in commission of a crime, so it’s an auto Murder 1 charge iirc