his sons told WABC<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\nHe was rushed to a local hospital, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries, cops said. The exact date and time of his death are unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cause of his death \u2013 and whether criminality is suspected \u2013 was not immediately known Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have a lot of questions as well. What\u2019s the actual story? That\u2019s what we want to know,\u201d his son Harold Hernandez told the station. \u201cWe heard different stories, trying to put the pieces and puzzle together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hernandez\u2019s autopsy indicated he had a slightly enlarged heart, plaque and previous health issues \u2013 and investigators are probing whether stress from the incident was a factor in his death, according to ABC.<\/p>\n
Hernandez was punched in the chest during the altercation, according to his sons. Facebook\/Leobardo Hernandez<\/p>\n
The city medical examiner\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request from The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hernandez had three sons and a daughter, and his supermarket job allowed him to help make ends meet, his relatives told the network.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Harold described him as a \u201cfamily man\u201d who was always \u201cvery supportive\u201d and \u201chappy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVery lovable, very very kind-hearted,\u201d added his son Henry. \u201cEverybody he met, everybody ended up loving him because of the person he was.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hernandez was remembered by his son Harold as a \u201cfamily man.\u201d Facebook\/Leobardo Hernandez<\/p>\n
The would-be thief ultimately dropped the beer and fled empty-handed, and was still on the loose Monday, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hernandez\u2019s family has launched a fundraiser that would help cover his funeral arrangements and the process of flying him to his hometown in Mexico, where he wished to be buried.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are heartbroken by the loss of Leobardo Hernandez, our beloved colleague and a treasured member of our Morton Williams family,\u201d the supermarket chain said in a statement issued to ABC. \u201cHe was a dedicated team member for more than ten years, and our prayers are with Leo\u2019s family and friends at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved 64-year-old Manhattan supermarket worker died in the aftermath of a scuffle with a shoplifter who tried…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":265195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,138451,47803,5249,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,17049,10883,24590,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-265194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-columbus-circle","10":"tag-hells-kitchen","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-police-investigations","20":"tag-shoplifting","21":"tag-supermarkets","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-us-news","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115290514621173903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}