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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 84-year old man who shot Ralph Yarl when the Black teenager went to his door by mistake pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a case that has shocked the country and renewed national ...

An 86-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake. Andrew Lester was ...

For the first time since Ralph Yarl was shot on April 13, his father, Paul, talked about the incident. Paul Yarl said the past week has been an "emotional roller coaster" filled with prayer, shock, ...

On Monday the Clay County Prosecutor's Office filed two felony charges against 85-year-old Andrew Lester in connection with the shooting of Ralph Yarl. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke live with ...

Andrew Lester, the Missouri man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, will face trial, a Clay County judge ruled during a preliminary hearing on ...

The man charged in the shooting of a 16-year-old Black boy in Kansas City has been taken into police custody. Andrew Lester, 84, was charged Monday with two felony counts in the shooting of Ralph Yarl ...

The 85-year-old Lester faces felony assault and armed criminal action charges in connection to the April 13, 2023, shooting of then-16-year-old Yarl. A Missouri judge Monday morning approved a request ...

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Ralph Yarl has received the special distinction of being selected to the 2024 Missouri All-State Band less than a year after he was shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house. The 17-year-old was ...