Pretrial hearing set for Rick Chow in 2023 killing of 14-year-old

The Columbia convenience store owner accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy in 2023 is expected to appear in court Friday morning for a pretrial hearing.

Rick Chow is charged with murder in the death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who was shot and killed May 28, 2023, outside Chow’s Shell gas station on Parklane Road in Columbia.

The pretrial hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m…

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