{"id":570,"date":"2026-06-02T04:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:15:40","slug":"store-owner-found-not-guilty-of-murder-in-2023-killing-of-black-teen-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"Store owner found not guilty of murder in 2023 killing of Black teen in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBIA, S.C. \u2014 A South Carolina jury found a store owner not guilty of murder Monday in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old.<\/p>

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The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia. He maintained he acted to defend his son.<\/p>

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The killing sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black.<\/p>

After the verdict was read, sobs and cries of distress could be heard coming from Carmack-Belton\u2019s family seated in the gallery. Chow sat silently frozen before slowly bowing his head onto his interlocked hands.<\/p>

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