A 14-year-old African-American boy has died after being shot several times in the US state of South Carolina. Rick Chow, a merchant who falsely accused him of stealing mineral water bottles from his shop, killed him. Arguing with the young man, the man and his son chased 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, shot him in the back and shot him in the heart.
Explaining Chow’s arrest to US media, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said: “Nothing was stolen, we have no evidence that he stole anything from the store.” “He shot and killed this young man in the back, and he will be charged with murder,” the sheriff said. According to the remake, during the chase, the son told his father that the boy was armed, and Chow shot him.
Police may have found a gun near the boy’s body, but there is no indication that Carmack Belton pointed the gun at his followers. “It all makes no sense, there’s a family, a community, grieving for a murdered 14-year-old boy,” Lott said, “even if he bought four bottles of water, that’s something you’d shoot someone for, much more, let alone shoot someone.” not,” he said. 14 years old”. After the news spread, several protests took place in the city, and Chow’s shop was attacked with the words “no child deserves to die for water” on its wall.
Source: Today IT
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