This morning, a teen is facing
This morning, a teen is facing a murder charge over a bag of
a murder charge over a bag of
chips. 17 year-old Mario Young
and another teenager turned
themselves in after a
convenience store clerk was
shot and killed in humble the
teen’s claimed it was
self-defense. The security
cameras captured most of what
led up to the shooting, but not
the actual shooting. Only on
2 reporter Corley Peel sat down
with a witness who not only saw
what happened, but even called
9-1-1. Corley. Good morning.
Good morning, Zach. So walk us
through what happened. This
was back on January 19th at
this store. Talk to us about
what happened and what these
teens were doing.
>> Yes, so like you mentioned,
the surveillance video shows a
lot about what happened and
inside the store. So you
can see those 2 teams. They
walk inside and right behind.
Then that’s the clerk. He makes
his way behind them. And when
they get inside the store, you
see that and head toward some
of the aisles and they’re just
walking around for a little
bit. And you can see the clerk
behind them with a mop bucket.
So eventually the teens they
walk inside. They look around
for a little bit. One of the
teens makes his way to make
shipping eventually you will
see this on camera. But you can
see that teen walking towards
that. I’ll and it looks like
he grabs one of the backs of
chips and then puts it in his
pants and then eventually they
leave the store. So they’re in
here for only about half.
And it’s it’s they’re not in
here for very long before.
One of the teens at the appears
to Graham about chips puts it
in his pants and then walks
away. this surveillance video
is a key piece of evidence
because it helped identify who
the 2 people in the store
eventually the clerk notice is
what the teens too. And the
surveillance video will show
that they are confronting the
teens as you’re walking out of
the store, they appear to get
into a some sort confrontation
at sea is confronting them.
And then one thing leads to
another after that. And the
rest of the shooting happened
off site. I’m not far from just
kind of down the road a little
bit because the clerk gets in
his car. Also, teens.
And as the teens are, you know,
he tries to approach them as
they’re walking. And one of
the teens opens fire and shoots
and eventually the clerk.
I’m from his wits.
>> I the surveillance video we
just saw Corley. You can see
the clerk at the top of the
screen. What with what appears
to be a mop bucket. Also in
the upper left-hand corner of
the screen, we saw another
person is that the witness you
spoke to?
>> Yeah, the witness I spoke to
was outside in the parking lot.
He had been working in that
area and he was just taking a
break. So he was sitting in
his truck minding his own
business. Any happen to see
what happened outside the store
when he saw the clerk
confronted the teens. He says
he didn’t think anything of it.
Really. He noticed that maybe
the clerk was accused in the
teens are stealing something,
but he said that interaction
really didn’t look that serious
and so he just kind of my head
at his own business. But he did
see the clerk eventually get in
this car and followed the
teens.
>> And follow the teens to the
location where that shooting
eventually took place.
Yeah, I think we have sound
from that witness.
>> But I was and right before
all this on Foles a clerk, you
know, I spoke with him again.
He said he watched the choir
drive involving teens, didn’t
think anything of it. But he
then eventually heard some
gunshots. And this is what he
described. What happened.
>> Makes you know, I heard 2
gunshots and I looked at.
And I can see the shooter fired
more shots at the car.
I saw him. He ran towards the
towards the way under the
bridge. Another one brand ports
world will Clayton and actually
ran up and then jumped over
the barrier
and was waiting for a traffic
light enough so he can run
across the plate. By the end.
I was up to will and I look
back in the car
the victim he had. He had hit
her purse in his car. At first
I thought he was going to go
after the other and shot at
them. But no, he backed up on
the curb. And when his car was
moving, I want to have not made
a U-turn. And I went back that
way towards him. I want to the
driver-side. I had my phone.
I put my phone hand up other
hand up because I don’t know
what was going on. You know, I
didn’t know. You know, this guy
may have had a gun or
something. And that’s what
started the altercation.
I looked in, you know, 10 1,
Oh, I kind of looked. He was
slumped. He was slumped to the
side. And I’m sitting there
saying, hey, buddy, Buddy, man,
hey, I do to you, OK?
I look to see, you know, you
know, try for safety. I looked
and its hand. There was nothing
in the paint.
>> Very scary. Yeah. I mean,
you know, remembered every
moment of that interaction.
And I asked him, I said.
>> Why did you go over there?
And the car was moving. He
goes. I knew something was
wrong. I didn’t think the clerk
was OK. And so he merely wanted
to check to see if he could
help in any way. So he called
9-1-1. Was on the phone with
dispatch. And as you heard in
that sound bite, he looks
around and, you know, checks
the area to see maybe he was
honest. I’m a big thing about
this is that only one in the
teens charged with murder, but
both of them did turn
themselves in to police.
You can see the walking with on
Lx. We were there last week
when they in th P D and turned
themselves in on Lx told us that the teens are claiming
that the teens are claiming
self-defense, saying now so
I use the clerk of having When
I spoke with that witnesses
checked on the clerk after the
shooting, he told me he did
not see any guns in the car
he checks but did not see that
he was We have reached out to
amble police asking if they
can confirm if a weapon was
found in her car, but they have
not responded to that question
because this is still an active
and ongoing investigation.
>> And so we’re waiting for
confirmation if we will get any
at all from investigators on
weather. There was, in fact,
a weapon in that car.
Okay. of course, I know you’ll
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