Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance.
Yarl was shot at point-blank range in the head but Some civil rights leaders and Yarl’s family attorney, Lee Merritt, have urged prosecutors to charge Lester with Ralph Yarl, 16, shot twice on Thursday evening when he showed up to the wrong address attempting to pick up his siblings
Yarl’s relatives were not at the hearing because they are “emotionally exhausted,” the family attorney, Lee Merritt said. Lester’s attorney, Steve Salmon, did not come out of the courthouse to speak with reporters. Lester told police he lives alone and was “scared to death” when he saw Yarl on the porch because he thought someone was trying to break in, police said in court documents.
The shooting outraged many in Kansas City and across the country. President Joe Biden spoke with Yarl on Monday, and on Tuesday invited him to the White House.
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