so even the coroner came out and said there was no signs at all of abrasions on his body or a physical confrontation. that is the aftermath of what the gas station looked like following this community anger. i m going to show you a picture right now of cyrus and note the fact that this picture came courtesy of a state representative, todd rutherford who said he was taken aback just looking at the image, it looks so much like his own son. he said this is a familiar story, someone who was racially profiled in his words and shot down in the street like a dog. that is in many ways how so many in this community, 41% african american are feeling right now. the sheriff did come out and say this is not an issue of race, racial profiling, race dynamics. however, he s white. the shop owner was asian, and of course the victim was black, and right now these are all layers to this story, a 14-year-old african american boy is dead, will not be continuing his life. his family is grieving and why, bec
of a local shop owner, who then offered him a larger wall to paint on. - i painted a homeless man. one of the guys that i was painting, i used to listen to their stories. and he was telling me, like, life just keeps coming at him. he didn t know what to do, and he s trying to get out. he just kept getting pulled back into the streets. so i painted this old man running with a sheep in his hand. huge, like, wolves jumping at him. and there was nothing being painted like that. - and then the wolves symbolized - like, just everything. life coming at him. yeah, problems, struggles, challenges. then after that, art basel came around, and people in town, all the other artists would say, once people see this wall, they re going to go crazy. your life is going to change. and within a month, i was in l.a. doing a show. - wow. since then, evoca1 has painted dozens of breathtaking murals around the world. while he used to focus on social issues, today his work celebrates latino culture and joy.
and now, to some of the other headlines we are watching this hour. home depot is taking a hit, and the company said that the sales fell by half a percent and the company is blaming inflation and decline of home projects because it is going to be a year of moderation for the home improvement market. and also, the shop owner in asheville, north carolina, is credited with alerting police to kayla who was 9 years old when she was taken by the noncustodial mother in illinois to 2019. the store owner apparently recognized pair when seeing them featured on the netflix series unsolved mysteries and the mother is charged with unlawful abduction. and now, you can see this