The 84-year-old white man is accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager on his way to pick up his twin brothers who mistakenly showed up at Lester’s house.
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But Eliana Brannlund said it has been rough not having her friend and fellow band member around at Staley High School. Yarl, who is all-state band member as well as a top student, mistakenly went to 115th Street — a block away from where he meant to be. When he rang the bell, Lester came to the door and used a .32 caliber Smith and Wesson 1888 revolver to shoot the teenager.
Yarl ran to multiple homes asking for help before finding someone who would call the police, according to 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. “I don’t want some 16-year-old kid to be getting shot because he went to the wrong house — we just don’t want those kinds of things to happen. It’s a tragedy,” Parson told the
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