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Protestors march Sunday, April 16, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo., to bring attention to the shooting of Ralph Yarl, 16, who was shot when he went to the wrong Kansas City house to pick up his brothers.
The attorney for an 84-year-old white man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who mistakenly went to his home, has requested a protective order to seal case records from being made ...
Lester, the 84-year-old man charged in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, turned himself in Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Clay County Detention Center, the sheriff's office said.
CLAY COUNTY, Mo. — Days after entering a guilty plea to second-degree assault in the Ralph Yarl shooting, Andrew Lester has died. Lester, 86, was set to be sentenced on March 7, 2025.
An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake. Lester was set to be ...
An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake. Lester was set to be ...
Missouri man Andrew Lester, 86, pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl after he rang his doorbell by mistake.
LIBERTY, Mo. — 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, in ...