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 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, ...

The unarmed teenager was shot in April 2023 after knocking on the wrong door as he went to pick up his brothers. He survived ...

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

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 ...

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 ...