Rick Chow accused of murdering Cyrus Carmack-Belton – The owner of a Shell gas station and convenience store in Columbia, South Carolina, is charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old boy “who did not shoplift anything,” authorities say.
Speaking to reporters on Memorial Day, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said that the facts of the case “are very disturbing as they are.”
Water bottles pictured (L) on the ground outside the Shell gas station (WIS 10 screengrab), (R) gas station and store owner Chikei Rick Chow (Richland County Sheriff’s Department)Rick Chow accused of murdering Cyrus Carmack-Belton
Rick Chow, 58, allegedly chased after Cyrus Carmack-Belton around 8 p.m. on Sunday and shot the teen in the back even though there was no evidence that the victim shoplifted water bottles, no evidence of a physical confrontation, and no evidence that the armed 14-year-old had pointed his firearm at the suspect, the sheriff said.
