Dorian Harris Stole Beer From A Corner Store, So The Clerk Shot Him Dead

 

 

A corner store clerk in Memphis, Tennessee, shot a black teenager to death last week for shoplifting beer from the store, according to police.

Anwar Ghazali, a 28-year-old employee at Top Stop Shop, was charged Saturday with the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Dorian Harris, local media outletsreported.

Dorian walked into the store around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, swiped “at least one beer,” and left, according to an arrest warrant for Ghazali obtained by local CBS affiliate WREG. Police say the clerk “drew his weapon and ran after” the teen, firing several shots at him as he was walking away.

Ghazali returned to the store and told a witness, “I think I shot him,” according to the affidavit. He never called the police to report the shooting.

Two days later, police discovered Dorian’s body a few yards away from Top Stop Shop. He had suffered a gunshot wound to his left leg, according to the affidavit. Ghazali was taken into custody, where police interviewed him and he “admitted to firing several shots.”

Dorian had stopped at the store Thursday on his way to his cousin’s house, his grandmother Effie Fitch told WMC Action News 5. She said she had heard about a shooting that night and prayed her grandson wasn’t the victim.

UPDATE

The store clerk have been charged with 1st Degree Murder.  I am so disturbed by this story and the fact the store owner acknowledged that he thought he shot Harris, but still didn't call the police is evil in itself. There have been a protest outside of the store, and last I heard two people were detained.

I am in no way condoning what Harris did, however you call the police. It seems as if anything grants permission to kill nowadays.