A South Carolina jury acquitted 61-year-old store owner Chikei Rick Chow of murder in the 2023 shooting death of 17-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton at a Columbia convenience store. Verified facts establish that Chow chased the fleeing teen 130 yards and shot him in the back after Carmack-Belton dropped a semiautomatic pistol. The defense argued imminent threat to Chow's son; multiple witnesses testified they did not see the victim point a gun while running.