Black Teen Shot After Ringing Wrong Doorbell, Traumatized But Expected To Survive
- A 16-year-old Black teenager named Ralph Yarl was shot twice by an 84-year-old white man, Andrew Lester, after ringing Lester's doorbell by mistake in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Yarl survived the shooting but suffered a traumatic brain injury and is recovering at home.
- The shooting had a racial component, according to prosecutors, and sparked outrage nationwide with calls for hate crime charges and gun reform.
- Lester has been charged with assault and armed criminal action but claims he fired in self-defense, though legal experts say that is unlikely to succeed as a defense.
- Yarl, a gifted student and musician, has received an outpouring of support, including from President Biden, and a GoFundMe for him has raised over $3 million.
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