Convenience store owner charged with murder in shooting death of 14-year-old in Columbia.

A convenience store owner in Richland County, South Carolina, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy. The incident occurred after the owner, Rick Chow, suspected the boy of shoplifting, but there was no evidence he had stolen anything. After a verbal confrontation, Chow and his son chased the boy down the street, and Chow shot him in the back as he was running away. The boy was armed with a gun, which was later recovered by deputies near his body.