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The Xpress Mart convenience store whose owner shot a boy after falsely accusing him of shoplifting, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., May 30, 2023. /AP
A gas station owner in South Carolina was charged with murder on Monday after he chased and shot a 14-year-old boy he wrongly believed had shoplifted several bottles of water, according to law enforcement.
Rick Chow, 58, was arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Cyrus Carmack-Belton in Columbia, the Richland County Sheriff's Office said.
Chow made his first court appearance on Tuesday.
The authorities said Chow thought the boy had shoplifted four bottles of water Sunday night from his Shell Xpress Mart, but the boy had put the bottles back in the cooler, according to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott.
Sunday's shooting was not justified, the sheriff said.
"Even if he had shoplifted four bottles of water, which he had taken out of the cooler and then put back – even if he had done that, that's not something you should shoot anybody over, much less a 14-year-old," Lott said.
(With input form AP)
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