Browsing: in a grassy patch where Carmack-Belton had been slain. One sign read “He Was Just A KID!” while another shirt had the words “CYRUS SHOULD BE HERE.”

     Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a gas station owner with calls to channel their righteous anger into collective support and political action.