Andrew Lester, 84, the man accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl outside his Kansas City, Missouri, home pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Wednesday.
The 84-year-old man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl outside his Kansas City, Missouri, home after the 16-year-old rang the wrong doorbell pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Wednesday.with first-degree assault and armed criminal action, two felonies that carry 10 to 30 years behind bars or life in prison.
He will also be under the supervision of law enforcement and is not allowed to have any direct or indirect contact withAn attorney for Lester has yet to be listed in the court’s records. The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. Lester, who was armed with a .32 caliber revolver, claimed he was “scared to death, describing the 16-year-old boy as a “black male approximately 6 feet tall pulling on the storm door handle.”
After the first shot, Yarl fell to the ground and was blasted again in the arm. The boy then ran away, screaming for help, and Lester went on to call 911.The black Missouri teen is “one of the top bass clarinet players in Missouri,” according to his family. The 16-year-old is also a part of his school’s Technology Student Association and Science Olympiad Team.Yarl was shot in the head after he rang the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his twin brothers at a home in Kansas City, Missouri.
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