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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrea Blanco

Ralph Yarl reveals white homeowner told him ‘not to come here ever again’ before shooting him twice

ABC

A Black teen who survived a shooting earlier this year after he knocked on the wrong door has opened up about his attacker’s chilling warning just moments before the violence unfolded.

On the evening of 13 April, Ralph Yarl, then 16, mistakenly drove into the driveway of 84-year-old Andrew Lester’s home in Kansas City, Missouri. The teen had meant to pick up his twin brothers from a friend’s house that was actually a block away, but before he could explain the misunderstanding, Mr Yarl was shot in his head and arm.

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