Man charged in shooting of Missouri teen surrenders and is in custody.
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Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old man from Kansas City, has surrendered to police after being charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action for shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who mistakenly rang the doorbell at the wrong home. Yarl was shot through a glass door after ringing the doorbell, and Lester claimed he thought his home was being broken into. The shooting has sparked protests in Kansas City, and civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Lee Merritt said President Joe Biden had spoken with the Yarl family by phone.
- Andrew Lester, man charged in shooting of Ralph Yarl, has surrendered and is in custody NBC News
- Black teen was shot above left eye and in arm after going to wrong door, mom says CBS Mornings
- White America’s ‘sundown town’ mentality almost claims another Black teen’s life The Boston Globe
- Ralph Yarl’s aunt speaks to CBS about the challenges ahead KCTV 5
- Ralph Yarl: 85-year-old man arrested in shooting of Missouri teen FOX 11 Los Angeles
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