Calls grow for man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl to be charged with hate crime Homeowner, 84, already faces two felonies for shooting Black teen who knocked on wrong door to pick up siblings The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2023
Ralph Yarl making stunning recovery, family lawyer says The attorney for Ralph Yarl's family says the Black teenager was shot by a white homeowner at point-blank range in the head but miraculously survived the bullet to his skull The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Ralph Yarl rang the wrong doorbell and was shot by Andrew Lester. These key questions remain unanswered As Ralph Yarl begins a long road to recovery and Andrew Lester faces the possibility of a life sentence on felony charges, Io Dodds explains what we still don’t know about the shooting The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Kardashian voice outrage over shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl Celebrities Naomi Campbell, Halle Berry, and Viola Davis have also voiced support as outrage grows over the shooting and the treatment of the man responsible The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
‘No denying:’ Activists demand Ralph Yarl’s shooting be investigated as a hate crime KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Civil rights leaders, elected officials and activists on Tuesday banded together for a downtown Kansas City rally in support of Ralph Yarl, the Black 16-year-old whose shooting outside a Northland home has sparked national outrage and calls for reforms. Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023
Ralph Yarl’s mom says he’s ‘replaying the situation over and over’ Cleo Nagbe revealed that the bullet was lodged in Ralph’s head for a staggering 12 hours after Andrew Lester, 84, shot him twice The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
What we know about the shooting of Black teen who went to wrong house: ‘Ringing a doorbell is not a crime’ A Black teenager went to pick up his younger brothers from a friend’s house, accidentally rang the doorbell at the wrong address and was shot twice by a white homeowner. Now, protesters, celebrities and civil rights figures are demanding justice. Rachel Sharp reports The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Ralph Yarl GoFundMe tops $3.2m after Black teen shot in the head by white homeowner Donations have been flooding in to help Ralph Yarl and his family pay for his medical bills and recovery after Kansas City shooting The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Ralph Yarl shooting: Can a doorbell ring justify a ‘stand your ground’ shooting? A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
What to know about shooting of Black teen after home mix-up Black teen Ralph Yarl was shot twice, in the head and arm, after going to the wrong address in Kansas City, Missouri, to pick up his younger brothers The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
‘Stand your ground’: the US laws linked to rising deaths and racist violence The shooting of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, revives concerns about expanding self-defense laws The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2023
Andrew Lester: What we know about white homeowner charged with shooting Ralph Yarl An 84-year-old man is charged with the shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl – a shooting prosecutors believe had a ‘racial’ element. Graeme Massie reports The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
US senators denounce shooting of Ralph Yarl, Black teenager who knocked on wrong door ‘I hope that they’ll prosecute this thing and that there’ll be justice,’ the Missouri Republican tells The Independent The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023
Teen shooting victim Ralph Yarl sheds ‘buckets of tears’; gunman in custody Andrew Lester, 84, surrendered in Kansas City, Missouri, a day after being charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting? A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023 Missouri House approves bill limiting transgender athletes JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House legislators have approved a plan limiting transgender athletes, requiring individuals in sixth grade or older to play on sports teams aligning with their birth gender.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 Ralph Yarl’s mother reveals horror injuries as Black teen had bullet lodged in head for 12 hours Ralph Yarl had a bullet in his head for 12 hours after Andrew Lester shot him twice through a glass screen door
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 Ralph Yarl's mom: 'Buckets of tear,' but he's coping well The mother of Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager shot when he mistakenly went to the wrong Kansas City, Missouri, home to pick up his younger brothers, says her son is crying “buckets of tears” as he comes to grips with what happened to him
Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2023 Suspect surrenders after outrage in US shooting of Ralph Yarl Lawyers for Yarl are demanding to know why gunman was initially released after Thursday’s shooting in Missouri.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 Ralph Yarl’s mom says teen can’t stop crying after shooting: ‘He’s replaying the situation over and over’ Cleo Nagbe revealed that the bullet was lodged in Ralph’s head for a staggering 12 hours after Andrew Lester, 84, shot him twice
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 Ralph Yarl GoFundMe tops $2.8m after Black teen shot in the head by white homeowner Donations have been flooding in to help Ralph Yarl and his family pay for his medical bills and recovery after Kansas City shooting
Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023 ‘A license to kill’: Missouri self-defense laws criticized in wake of Ralph Yarl shooting KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri state Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern has been sounding the alarm for years over the state’s loose gun laws and in February introduced a bill limiting the scope of Missouri’s “stand your ground” law. The bill went nowhere.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 Halle Berry and Viola Davis voice outrage over shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl Celebrities Naomi Campbell, Amy Schumer, and Chrissy Teigen have also voiced support as outrage grows over the shooting and the treatment of the man responsible
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023 Patients scramble to secure gender-affirming care in Missouri before April 27 restrictions ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood held a pop-up clinic at its Central West End location on Monday for people seeking gender-affirming care, 10 days before new rules that would make Missouri the first state to greatly restrict care for transgender adults go into effect.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 What we know about the shooting of Black teen who went to wrong house: ‘Ringing a doorbell is not a crime’ A Black teenager went to pick up his younger brothers from a friend’s house, accidentally rang the doorbell at the wrong address and was shot twice by a white homeowner. Now, protesters, celebrities and civil rights figures are demanding justice. Rachel Sharp reports