Police say the store owner charged with the murder of a 14-year-old boy he thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges.
requires the shooter doesn’t instigate the incident, believes he is in imminent danger and has no way to avoid that danger.
Chow thought the boy had shoplifted four bottles of water. But Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who was Black, put the bottles back in the cooler. The sheriff's department didn't release additional information about the two other shooting incidents. They said deputies have been called to Chow's store in suburban northeast Richland County hundreds of times over the past five years for assaults, shoplifting, personal theft, motor vehicle theft, vandalism, robbery and burglary.
Chow, 58, is awaiting a bond hearing at the Richland County jail. His lawyer has said he is not talking about the case at this time. Chow faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder. Photo of convenience store vandalized in Columbia, South Carolina. Police said a store owner chased a 14-year-old he thought shoplifted, but didn't steal anything and fatally shot the boy in the back.
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