
CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 05/31/23
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Cyrus Carmack Belton, 14, Was Shot and Killed by the Store Owner on Sunday Night
Mourners protested outside this convenience store in Columbia, South Carolina to remember 14 year old Cyrus Carmack Belton who was shot and killed the night before by the store owner. Hours later, rioters broke in smashing merchandise and toppling shelves, angry over the loss of another young black life. The sheriff says the store owner has a history of incidents involving customers, including a shooting in 2018, which was deemed self-defense and for which Chow was not charged. We believe he had a gun, but we don't believe he pointed at him and that's the key to it. Nader Rutherford is not only the coroner who witnessed Belton's autopsy, but a community member and mother
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