South Carolina store owner Rick Chow was acquitted of murder after his defense argued he shot 14-year-old Cyrus ...

A viral X video calling for a boycott of Chinese food gained attention after a South Carolina jury acquitted store owner Chikei Rick Chow.

A South Carolina jury has found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old.

Chikei Rick Chow was found not guilty of murder nearly three years after he fatally shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton Christina Coulter has been a Staff Writer covering crime at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work ...

Cyrus Carmack‑Belton, 14, died from a gunshot wound to the back during a pursuit that followed a dispute inside the store.

Chikei Rick Chow, 61, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia. He maintained he acted to defend his son.

The Richland County jury returned a not guilty verdict for Chikei Rick Chow, a 61-year-old Asian man who was charged with fatally shooting 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing ...

On Monday, a South Carolina jury acquitted the former convenience store owner, Rick Chow, of murder charges in the 2023 killing of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton. Emotional scenes played out in… ...

Chikei Rick Chow, 61, was found not guilty in the case of the death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, in Columbia, South Carolina, back in 2023.

A Richland County jury acquitted former convenience store owner Rick Chow of murder in the 2023 shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton. The verdict came late Monday after nearly nine hours ...

The acquittal of former convenience store owner Chikei Rick Chow in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton has reignited painful divisions in South Carolina, with community leaders ...