US man charged for shooting Black teen who approached wrong house
Posted on AllSides April 17th, 2023
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A Kansas City homeowner is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl after the teen mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell. A white man in the United States has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly shot a 16-year-old teenager who mistook his home for another. The 85-year-old homeowner, Andrew Lester, now faces charges of felony assault and armed criminal action for the shooting, which left Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, hospitalised with wounds to his head and right arm. Zachary Thompson, the prosecutor for Clay County, Missouri, explained in a...