Andrew Lester
Ralph Yarl’s family reacts as 86-year-old who shot him dies days after pleading guilty
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old Missouri man who shot Black honor student Ralph Yarl in 2023 after the teen mistakenly rang his doorbell, has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge. Lester, originally charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action, pleaded guilty last Friday to second-degree assault, which carried a potential seven-year…
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Ralph Yarl, shot after ringing wrong doorbell four months ago, starts senior year of high school
Ralph Yarl, who has shown remarkable resilience, completed an engineering internship recently...
