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The Rest of the World Report | June 3, 2026 — Morning Edition
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CYRUS CARMACK-BELTON
Chikei Rick Chow is a free man. A South Carolina jury deliberated for approximately eight hours on Monday before returning a unanimous not guilty verdict in the 2023 shooting death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, a 14-year-old Black boy from Columbia.
Chow, 61, shot Carmack-Belton once in the back outside his Shell gas station on Parklane Road…
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