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Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old man who allegedly shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl has today been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action, prosecutors in the US state of Missouri have said.
Ralph had been on the way to pick up his younger twin brothers from a friend’s house at 10pm last Thursday when he mistakenly knocked at Andrew Lester’s door, confusing the 115th Street address Lester resides at for a nearby 115th Terrace address where his brothers were. Lester is alleged to have shot Yarl twice, once in the head and once in the arm, telling police he believed someone was breaking into his home. Local reports state that Lester opened the main door to his house, then fired two shots at Yarl through his glass storm door, allegedly without exchanging a word.
Lester was taken into custody on April 13th but released less than two hours later pending further investigations. According to a probable cause statement, Lester told investigators he had heard his doorbell ring and grabbed a handgun before answering the door, was ‘‘He stated he believed someone was attempting to break into the house, and shot twice within a few seconds of opening the door,’ a police detective writes in the court document.
Family members of Yarl say the teenager went to three nearby homes after being shot before someone helped him, their family lawyer says President Joe Biden has since made a call to the family and spoke with them for 20 minutes. Celebrities such as Viola Davis, Justin Timberlake, Halle Berry, and Kerry Washington - as well as Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes - condemned the shooting.
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