COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Protesters gathered at a Columbia-area gas station where a 14-year-old was killed a day after the man who shot him was acquitted of murder.
A jury found Rick Chow not guilty of murder in the death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton on Monday night. The May 2023 shooting happened outside the gas station, which Chow owned at the time, after Carmack-Belton was accused of stealing a bottle of water.
Over a dozen protestors were at the gas station on Parklane Road on Tuesday, chanting and holding signs reading “Justice for Cyrus.”
Evidence shown during the trial showed Chow and his son chasing after Carmack-Belton over 100 yards from the store…