The 86-year-old Kansas man who pleaded guilty last week to second-degree assault for shooting an unarmed Black teen, died Wednesday while awaiting sentencing, according to a Clay County prosecutor.
Andrew Lester admitted to shooting then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who mistakenly rang his doorbell while attempting to pick his siblings up from a friend's house. Yarl was shot twice—once above his left eye and once in his upper right arm—but survived the attack.
