The mother of Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager shot when he mistakenly went to the wrong Kansas City, Missouri, home to pick up his younger brothers, says her son is crying “buckets of tears” as he comes to grips with what happened to him
Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson announces charges against Andrew Lester, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Liberty, Mo. Lester is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl last week when Yarl accidentally came to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — — The mother of
Kansas City police said the shooter, 84-year-old Andrew Lester, has still not been arrested. There was no answer at Lester's home phone and he does not yet have an attorney, according to Missouri court records. No words were exchanged before the shooting, but afterward, as Yarl got up to run, he heard Lester yell, “Don’t come around here,” the statement said.
Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said Monday that there was a “racial component” to the shooting. But Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Alexander Higginbotham clarified in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that “there is not a racial element to the legal charges that were filed.”
The civil rights attorneys for Yarl’s family, Ben Crump and Lee Merritt, said in a statement that Biden called the teen’s family and offered “prayers for Ralph’s health and for justice.”
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