Ralph was launched into the national spotlight six months ago after being shot in the head and arm on April 13 for mistakenly going to the wrong house to pick up his brothers. Many have accused ...

Protestors march Sunday, April 16, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo., to bring attention to the shooting of Ralph Yarl, 16, who was shot when he went to the wrong Kansas City house to pick up his brothers.

CLAY COUNTY, Mo. — Days after entering a guilty plea to second-degree assault in the Ralph Yarl shooting, Andrew Lester has died. Lester, 86, was set to be sentenced on March 7, 2025.

An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake. Lester was set to be ...

Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old white man who pleaded guilty Friday to shooting Black teenager Ralph Yarl in the head after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell, has died, prosecutors in Clay County ...

An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake. Lester was set to be ...

Both Nagbe and Ralph Yarl face the prospect of giving victim impact statements when a judge sentences Lester in early March. She knows she’ll always be most grateful that on April 13, 2023, her ...

Missouri man Andrew Lester, 86, pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl after he rang his doorbell by mistake.

MORE: Ralph Yarl, teen shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house, talks about recovery The Missouri man appeared in court in a wheelchair on Friday, according to ABC's Kansas City affiliate KMBC.

Yarl, who was 16 at the time, was severely injured and suffered a traumatic brain injury. “At all times relevant, Plaintiff (Ralph Yarl) never posed or issued a threat to Defendant, Andrew ...