KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 84-year-old white man who shot a Black teen who approached the wrong house in Kansas City, Missouri, while trying to pick up his siblings was charged Monday with first-degree assault.
Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said at a news conference that there was a “racial component” to the incident last Thursday night in which Andrew Lester twice shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who is recovering at home after being released Sunday from the hospital. But nothing in the charging documents say the shooting was racially motivated, Thompson clarified.
