Andrew D. Lester, 84, shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl twice — including once in the head — when Yarl accidentally went to the wrong house while trying to pick up his younger brothers.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/04/20/grandson-says-kansas-city-man-who-shot-black-teen-believed-conspiracies-disinformation/

Andrew D. Lester, 84, shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl twice — including once in the head — when Yarl accidentally went to the wrong house while trying to pick up his younger brothers.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/04/20/grandson-says-kansas-city-man-who-shot-black-teen-believed-conspiracies-disinformation/

Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old homeowner who shot Yarl, was arrested and charged with one count of felony assault in the first degree and one count of armed criminal action, also a felony.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/08/college-student-fatally-shot-in-south-carolina-after-trying-to-enter-wrong-house-police/

Andrew Lester, who faces — assault in the first degree and armed criminal action — in the April 13 shooting of Ralph Yarl, had a bond of $200,000.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/04/18/no-words-were-exchanged-before-a-white-homeowner-shot-a-black-teenager-who-rang-his-doorbell-after-going-to-the-wrong-house-according-to-statements-to-police/

A preliminary hearing began Thursday morning for Andrew Lester, a retired aircraft mechanic from Kansas City who is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the April 13 shooting of Ralph Yarl.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5534501/judge-to-decide-whether-white-man-will-stand-trial-for-shooting-black-teen-who-went-to-wrong-house/

A prosecutor said Monday that there was a “racial component to the case”; Lester is white, and Yarl is Black.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/04/19/2-shootings-at-mistaken-addresses-have-renewed-the-focus-on-stand-your-ground-laws/

But afterward, as Yarl got up to run, he heard Lester yell “don’t come around here”, the statement said.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/worldnews/2023/04/18/man-charged-in-front-door-shooting-of-black-teenager-ralph-yarl/

Ralph Yarl was shot Thursday night by a homeowner in Kansas City after he accidentally went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings, police said on Sunday.

Source: https://abc7.com/kansas-city-mo-shooting-ralph-yarl-family/13149715/

Responding officers found Ralph Yarl in the street roughly five houses down from where the shooting had unfolded in the 1100 block of N.E. 115th Street.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/04/18/kansas-city-man-opened-fire-within-a-few-seconds-of-seeing-16-year-old-at-door-charges/

That was the day that I learned 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot after mistakenly ringing a doorbell at the wrong house while trying to pick up his younger brothers from a playdate.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/a-black-mom-in-kansas-city-always-watching-always-worrying/article_89b7cd3a-0ab5-500b-a6d1-1c83489a2ab0.html

The teen’s father, Paul Yarl, spoke about the family’s demand for justice.

Source: https://hiphopwired.com/1391690/black-teen-shot-twice-by-white-homeowner/

Yarl, a 16-year-old African American, was shot after accidentally ringing the doorbell of the wrong home while attempting to pick up his sibling.

Source: https://afro.com/white-man-arrested-in-shooting-of-16-year-old-ralph-yarl-faces-two-felony-charges/

Yarl instead knocked on the door of a house on the 1100 block of Northeast 115th Street, not far away.

Source: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/outrage-builds-after-ralph-yarls-shooter-is-released-39878464

Yarl, now 17, ran with household, buddies and different mind damage survivors in Going the Distance for Brain Injury, an annual Memorial Day race in Loose Park in Kansas City, Missouri.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/the-kansas-city-teenager-who-was-shot-in-the-head-for-knocking-on-the-wrong-door-has-been-on-the-brain-injury-scene-bt-news