The store owner, who had a concealed weapons permit, was charged after an autopsy showed the middle school student was shot in the back and deputies spoke to witnesses and reviewed video.

A teen who police say was fatally shot by a gas station owner was remembered by his middle school as "intelligent" and "humorous."

Authorities say a store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a 14-year-old boy he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the p

Rick Chow’s confrontations with customers in 2015 and 2018 “did not meet the requirements under South Carolina law to support criminal charges,” the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said.

COLUMBIA, S.C. >> A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges,