The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office charged the man with first-degree assault and armed criminal action on Monday, with an arrest warrant issued shortly afterwards.According to the probable cause affidavit, Lester told police he was going to bed whenHe claimed he was “scared to death,” thinking someone was trying to break into his home when he fired at Yarl, who he described as a “black male approximately 6 feet tall pulling on the storm door handle.
Yarl told police he was instantly shot in the head, and when he fell to the ground, Lester shot him in the arm. The teen was discharged from the hospital days later, and his mother says he does little but cry in bed thinking about the shooting.Lester’s arrest also came following days of protest and outcry.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Lester claimed he was defending himself, which would play into Missouri’s “Stand your ground” law.
What are the circumstances. Is this man mentally stable ? Has he been attacked previously? All the videos of white people gettin attacked are followed by the question “what did he do, what happened before”
Apparently he entered the home, not just rang a doorbell.
Lester tried to open the sliding glass door
HOW DO THEY KNOW IF IT WAS THE WRONG DOORBELL?
I carry a gun daily. You never shoot without being in imminent danger.
That’s horrifying!
What an awful story .
What do you expect Look at the hate and fear for each other you push New York post
White privilege. Instead of arresting a racist thug, his cousins in the police force wait for him to hand himself over.
Nobody knows the real story. No stranger rings a doorbell that late at night unless the house is on fire or there are bad intentions. Lets see
Is the media going to report that he entered the house after the homeowner is released, or just continue to try to enrage everyone for effect?
I’ll go out on a limb here and say the story here isn’t close to what happened
When do the riots start
This is what happens when cops and .gov Don't prosecute criminals Regardless of race. People start to fear that all of those people who come up to them, at them, around them, are some of the thousands of Black arsonist, thieves, murderers that Liberal DA's are letting walk free.
So...was....this..a...racist...murder..?!
I feel bad for the old man😢
Poor guy
Old man does a racism isn't national news
Ummm the kid entered the man’s house. Tell the truth or don’t post about it.
So the boy was Innocent the whole time. This whole story really showed how racist this country is. The way white people tried to make this boy seem like a criminal was disgusting
This story stinks to high heaven. There's more to this than meets the eye. That 'child' is not being honest, imo, & neither is the media 😞
This man would have shot anyone by the looks of him. But don’t let a good race hustle go to waste for the Democrats and the media. Anything for $
It was a case of the wrong place at the wrong time. The homeowner should be protected under the Castle Doctrine.
If the races were swapped you think he'd have a couple days to sit at home before deciding to turn himself in?
Why I always rang and ran
hordes of them swarm innocent white people and attack without fear of consequence on the daily. wahhh.
wow what a scum bag. Hope he gets life in prison!
Why?
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