A South Carolina jury has found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. The jury returned the verdict Monday for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his store in South Carolina. Prosecutors said Chow wrongly thought the teen had stolen four bottles of water and then shot him in the back. Defense lawyers maintained Chow fired to defend his son after the teen pointed a gun at him. The killing sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black.