Malice? Or protecting his son? — Trial for store owner accused of killing 14-year-old begins
During opening statements, Prosecutor Byron Gipson told the 12 jurors that 14-year-old Carmack-Belton was killed with malice, falsely believed to have shoplifted from Chow’s store on Parklane Road. But Defense Attorney Jack Swerling painted a different picture, saying Chow only fired the weapon to save his son Andy’s life.
