Public Outrage Follows Shooting of 16-Year-Old Black Honor Student by White KC Homeowner

Andrew Lester, 84, Arrested, Charged; Victim Ralph Yarl Out of Hospital

  • KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas (right) in this screenshot was interviewed by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow following Monday’s announcement of charges against Andrew Lester, a white Kansas City homeowner for shooting twice, Ralph Yarl, 16, an unarmed black honor student.
    KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas (right) in this screenshot was interviewed by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow following Monday’s announcement of charges against Andrew Lester, a white Kansas City homeowner for shooting twice, Ralph Yarl, 16, an unarmed black honor student.
Clay County Prosecutor, Zachary Thompson on Monday announced two felony charges against Northland Kansas City homeowner, Andrew Lester for shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl on Thursday, April 13. Lester, 84, is white and Yarl, an honor student, is black. Lester shot Yarl twice after Yarl drove to the wrong address that his mother had given him to pick up his younger twin brothers from a friend’s…

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