An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of 16-year-old Black teen Ralph Yarl, who mistakenly walked up to the man's house in Kansas City, is expected to make his first court appearance
Andrew Lester faces a first-degree assault charge, which could bring a sentence of life in prison, for shooting Ralph Yarl, 16, on the doorstep of his suburban home around 10 p.m. last Thursday. He was also charged with armed criminal action, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Lester fired two shots through a glass door with a .32-caliber revolver, prosecutors said. Yarl, who was struck in the head and an arm, did not cross the threshold, according to Clay County prosecutor Zachary Thompson. He added that it did not appear any words were exchanged in the encounter.
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