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Man to plead guilty to 2023 shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl, 2 people familiar with case tell AP

An 86-year-old Kansas City man, Andrew Lester, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who mistakenly rang his doorbell.
Lester faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison and will be sentenced on March 7.
Authorities state that Lester shot Yarl twice: first in the head, then in the arm, after Yarl mistakenly approached his home.
Ralph Yarl, who survived being shot, testified that Lester told him, 'Don’t come here ever again.

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New York Post

Kansas City man, 86, pleads guilty to shooting black teen who rang doorbell in 2023

Andrew Lester pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree assault in the Kansas City shooting of then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who miraculously survived being shot in the head and arm.

7 days ago·New York, United States

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NBC News

86-year-old pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl

Andrew Lester, an 86-year-old your old man, pleaded guilty to shooting Ralph Yarl in the head after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster has the latest on the case.

8 days ago·United States

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Stuff

US man pleads guilty to shooting black teen who rang wrong doorbell

The case shocked the US and renewed national debate about gun policies and race.

8 days ago·New Zealand

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Court TV

Andrew Lester, 86, Pleads Guilty to 2023 Shooting of Ralph Yarl

Andrew Lester, 86, pleaded guilty to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake. (2/14/25)

8 days ago

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St Louis Post-Dispatch

Kansas City man to plead guilty in 2023 shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl

Andrew Lester of Kansas City was scheduled to stand trial next week on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then 16-year-old, who survived.

8 days ago·St. Louis, United States

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