Years before he allegedly killed a 14-year-old boy wrongly suspected of shoplifting, a South Carolina gas station convenience store owner shot a shoplifter and opened fire on the vehicle of another shoplifter in separate encounters, officials said.
Years before he allegedly killed a 14-year-old boy wrongly suspected of shoplifting, a South Carolina gas station convenience store owner shot a shoplifter and opened fire on the vehicle of another shoplifter in separate encounters, officials said Wednesday.
Chow also shot a shoplifter on Oct. 12, 2018, officials said. The shoplifter had taken a $6.49 can of oven cleaner and hidden it in his clothes, according to the incident report. The shoplifter assaulted Chow after the gas station owner confronted him. Chow then fired at the man twice, striking him in the leg. The shoplifter later pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the incident.
"Even if he had shoplifted four bottles of water, which he had taken out of the cooler and then put back — even if he had done that, that's not something you should shoot anybody over, much less a 14-year-old," Lott said. "It seems to be consistent with someone who was running away from the assailant," Richland County Coroner Nadia Rutherford said."This is not an accidental shooting by any means. This was a very intentional shooting."
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