An 86-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor ...

Andrew Lester, the homeowner accused of shooting Ralph Yarl when the Black teenager rang his doorbell, took a plea deal ...

Andrew D. Lester, a Kansas City resident in his 80s, was charged with felonies in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a teen who went ...

LIBERTY, Mo. (CN) — Andrew Lester, who shot a Black teenager who mistakenly knocked on the door of his north Kansas City home in April 2023, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a Class D felony, ...

An 86-year-old man who shot a Black teenager at his door has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and will avoid a high-profile ...

An 86-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a ...

The man accused of shooting a teenager who went to the wrong Kansas City house has entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge.

Andrew Lester was scheduled to stand trial next week on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then-16-year-old, who survived.

The plea came on the eve of Lester’s trial in Clay County, which was supposed to begin Feb. 18. He is instead scheduled for ...