A convenience store owner who shot a 14-year-old boy in the back has been charged with murder, South

[malaise]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/us/cyrus-carmack-belton-south-carolina-gas-station-shooting/index.html


A South Carolina convenience store owner has been charged with murder after allegedly chasing a 14-year-old boy and shooting him in the back after suspecting the boy of shoplifting, authorities said.

The child, Cyrus Carmack-Belton, had gone into the store in Columbia around 8 p.m. Sunday and was confronted by the owner who accused him of shoplifting, according to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott.

“He did not shoplift anything. We have no evidence that he stole anything whatsoever,” the sheriff said in a news conference Monday, adding even if he had, “that’s not something you shoot anybody over, much less a 14-year-old.”


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Look at this beautiful child.
I am so sick of this shit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Use of deadly force was not justified

[jimfields33]

2. Mr. Chow will be in jail for a long time.

[rurallib]

9. I hope you are right, but somehow I have my doubts.

[jimfields33]

10. What does that mean?

Is there a problem with not being rich. Nothing wrong with my post.

[rurallib]

12. that means spell check must have changed what I typed and I did not catch it

I had typed in 'right' or apparently something not quite like it - I shall fix the error.

Anyway, I am not having a lot of faith in our judicial system these days.

[jimfields33]

26. That happens to me too.

I agree about the judicial system. Needs overhaul. Have a great weekend!

[malaise]

3. Not just deadly force

He shot this kid in the back

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. How horrifying! My heart goes out to Cyrus' family and friends. Dreadful. ♥ nt

[electric_blue68]

19. When some terrible crime or accident occurs, and people die....

It's the poor family(ies) obviously affected but quite rarely do the media reports mention friends as if doesn't matter as much. Because sometimes (often?) it does: friends as close as good family being lost in those ways. So thank you.

[Greybnk48]

5. The boy was indeed beautiful.

This is stomach churning.

[MagickMuffin]

6. Here he is Rick Chow a murderer of children

Link to tweet

[Lonestarblue]

7. Welcome to the US where the gun culture says you can kill anyone at any time for just

aggravating you.

[Red Mountain]

8. It was wrong to loot the store

should have just burned it down.

[malaise]

13. "He did not shoplift anything. We have no evidence that he stole anything whatsoever,"

the Sheriff

[Tickle]

11. He had a gun

according to the article. Glock 30S (I'm assuming that's a gun. )

I don't understand why the owner chased him after he left the store where he did NOT steal anything. Now a child is dead and a store owner is gong to prison for ever.

Sad country we live in

[Celerity]

14. the Glock was the owner's

Chow reportedly saw what looked to be a firearm, pulled out his Glock 30S, and fired one shot, according to the incident report.

that 30S is a nightmare

super small, so concealable, but can pump out 11 massive .45 calibre slugs into the target in mere seconds

[malaise]

16. Correct

"

[Sneederbunk]

23. What kind of gun was 14-year old carrying?

[Celerity]

24. it did not say nt

[electric_blue68]

15. Wth you don't shoot someone in the back. Let alone for supposed shop litfing...

I know he didn't - I'm stating what seemed to be Chow's "reason".

[malaise]

17. Well he can think about it as he spends his years in prison

Eff him

[electric_blue68]

21. Yeah. Hideous, horrific action!

[stage left]

18. Let me guess

before I look at his picture. He is black. There are more racist per square mile in South Carolina than there are in other state of the union. I live here. I was born here. The greater part of my friends are from the North.

[malaise]

22. But the murderer is Asian n/t

[Warpy]

20. Sheriff is right.

That fucking gun was burning a hole in his pocket and he was likely looking for a reason to use it.

I figure he'll end up with a manslaughter conviction when it should be murder. I hope he is never able to put his hands on another gun.

[uponit7771]

27. Unnn, for shooting someone in the back who was running away? Unless there's footage of the kid

... brandishing the gun etc I don't know how only manslaughter will stand but we've seen worse.

Zimmerman got out of car and chased a 10th grader with a loaded gun through a dark neighborhood and that wasn't seen as an offense in Florida, some of these southern states are AFUd

[LeftInTX]

28. Sounds like he was in possession of a gun

[AllyCat]

25. People who think everyone need guns tell me

Protecting your property is a worthwhile use. They literally will end someone’s life over stuff.