Teen fatally shot in back by S.C. store owner who wrongly accused him of shoplifting, sheriff says [View all]
A 14-year-old was fatally shot in the back Sunday by a South Carolina convenience store owner who wrongly accused him of shoplifting and chased him after a confrontation, authorities said.
Rick Chow, 58, was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton.
“He did not shoplift anything," Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told reporters at a news briefing Monday. "We have no evidence that he stole anything whatsoever."
The owner, armed with a pistol, and his son chased the teen toward a nearby apartment complex, Lott said, adding that Carmack-Belton fell at one point but got back up.
Chow’s son said Carmack-Belton had a gun, which is when the owner shot him in the back as he was running away, Lott said. Authorities later recovered a gun next to the teen’s body, but the sheriff said there was no evidence the teen ever pointed the weapon at Chow or his son.
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