Store Owner Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Teenage Boy Falsely Accused of Shoplifting

Rick Chow, a 58-year-old gas station owner in South Carolina, was charged with murder for killing a 14-year-old boy he wrongly accused of stealing bottles of water.
Chow had shot at suspected shoplifters in two previous incidents over the past eight years but was never charged.
Authorities said Chow's actions were not criminal in the previous cases under South Carolina's self-defense laws, but shooting an unarmed teen in the back as he ran away was unjustified.
The shooting has caused grief and outrage in the local African American community.
If convicted of murder, Chow faces 30 years to life in prison.