The 85-year-old white man who shot a Black teen at his front door in Kansas City, Missouri, last week has been charged with armed assault, the Clay County prosecutor said Monday.
Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said at a news conference that race was not a factor in the shooting that occurred last Thursday.
The shooter was taken into custody Thursday but released the next day after consultation with the prosecutor's office, Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a news conference on Sunday. The firearm used was found at the home, she said. Graves said that Yarl's parents asked him to pick up his brothers at a home on 115th Terrace, but he mistakenly went to 115th Street, the Kansas City Star reported."The man in the home opened the door, looked my nephew in the eye, and shot him in the head," Spoonmore wrote. When Yarl fell to the ground, "the man shot him again."
Police have not identified the shooter or his race, though civil rights attorney Ben Crump said the family provided information indicating he was white. He did not elaborate. Graves said investigators will consider whether the suspect was protected by "Stand Your Ground" laws, which allow for the use of deadly force in self-defense. Missouri is among around 30 states with such laws.
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