Authorities have introduced prices towards a Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, man accused of capturing a 16-year-old Black teen who had mistakenly gone to the person’s house to select up his youthful siblings.
Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson mentioned at a Monday information convention that he’s filed two felony counts towards 85-year-old Andrew Lester: assault within the first diploma and armed felony motion. The announcement got here lower than an hour after Kansas Metropolis police mentioned they submitted their investigation to the prosecutor’s workplace for evaluate.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Lester.
Lester twice shot Yarl within the head and arm on Thursday night time after the highschool junior rang his doorbell, mistakenly considering he was on the home the place he was supposed to select up his twin youthful brothers.
Thompson mentioned he thinks there “was a racial element” within the capturing.
Yarl’s household has retained famed civil rights legal professional Benjamin Crump, who mentioned earlier than the information convention that it “is inescapable to not acknowledge the racial dynamics at play.”
CORRECTION: An earlier model of this story mentioned Ralph Yarl was killed. He was severely wounded within the capturing.
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