Kansas City man Andrew Lester dies days after pleading guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl after he rang doorbell
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old Missouri man who pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of a Black honor student who rang the White man’s doorbell in Kansas City by mistake, has died, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who…
