“It’s just senseless,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said at a news conference.
Chow was charged with fatally shooting Cyrus Carmack-Belton after an apparent argument inside the store on Sunday night, according to the newspaper.
According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, Chow allegedly chased the teen from his store after suspecting Carmack-Belton of shoplifting four bottles of water from the Xpress Mart Shell station at about 8 p.m.
The sheriff added that the chase continued to a nearby apartment complex, where the victim tripped before scrambling to his feet. Chow’s son then told him that the boy had a gun, and that led to the suspect allegedly shooting the teen,
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