A South Carolina jury hears closing arguments in the trial of a store owner charged with murder in the 2023 fatal shooting of a Black 14-year-old. Across the coverage, prosecutors and defense lawyers present competing accounts of the incident. The prosecution argues the killing is murder, while the defense disputes that characterization and argues the owner should not be found guilty. After the closing arguments, the jury reaches a verdict. Multiple reports state the jury finds the store owner not guilty of murder in connection with the teenager’s death. The trial’s proceedings focus on what happened during the shooting and whether the evidence supports a murder conviction under the applicable law. The reports do not describe new, post-verdict factual details beyond the fact of the acquittal, but they consistently frame the case as a central question of criminal responsibility for the 2023 shooting of the teenager. The outcome ends the murder charge considered by the jury, unless other legal steps are involved beyond the coverage summarized here.