Ralph Yarl, 16, is currently in the hospital, recovering from severe gunshot injuries in the head after a man allegedly shot him twice.
/Gray News) - A county prosecutor has filed criminal charges against a man who allegedly shot a teen twice while he was trying to pick up his siblings at the wrong address.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department handed over the case file to the prosecutor’s office earlier in the day. A witness told officers they had heard gunshots, then screaming from Yarl and saw the 16-year-old knock on neighbors’ doors asking for help. According to court records, Lester told police “it was the last thing he wanted to do, but was ‘scared to death’ due to the male’s size and Lester’s age and inability to defend himself.”Yarl said that he had gone to pick up his brothers, but went to the wrong address. He rang the doorbell and waited some time before the man inside opened the door, holding a firearm. Yarl said he did not pull on the door.
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