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2 shootings at mistaken addresses have renewed the focus on 'stand your ground' laws

Stand your ground laws have proliferated in the years since the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager killed in 2012. Research shows the laws have led to an increase in firearm homicides.

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‘It’s devastating’: White House decries Ralph Yarl shooting as part of ‘epidemic’ of gun violence

Mr Biden spoke to the 16-year-old shooting victim on Monday

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Comedian Ellyn Daniels donates $15,000 to $2.9m Ralph Yarl GoFundMe campaign

Other celebrities to donate to fund include Julianne Hough and Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary

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The View on "racial" Ralph Yarl shooting

"Had it had been reversed he would have still been in jail," said host Whoopi Goldberg

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Ralph Yarl shooting suspect Andrew Lester walks free from jail a second time shortly after surrendering

The 84-year-old white homeowner now in custody, says Clay County Sheriff’s Office

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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

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Woman killed in wrong driveway shooting

"They drove up this driveway for a very short time, realized their mistake and were leaving," sheriff says

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Where is Andrew Lester? Ralph Yarl shooting suspect still not in custody 18 hours after charges filed

White homeowner charged on Monday with shooting Black teenager in head and hand after he knocked at wrong home

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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

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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.

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Kansas City man opened fire ‘within a few seconds’ of seeing Ralph Yarl at door: Charges

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 84-year-old Kansas City man who shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl admitted to Kansas City detectives that he opened fire “within a few seconds” of seeing the Black teen on his Northland doorstep, according to charging documents filed in Clay County on Monday.

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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

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US man charged with shooting Black teen who rang wrong doorbell

Washington (United States) (AFP) - Prosecutors in the US state of Missouri have announced felony charges against an elderly white man after he allegedly shot and severely wounded a Black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell.

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‘Buckets of tears’: mother of Black teen shot after going to wrong address speaks

Cleo Nagbe speaks out after white man charged with Missouri’s equivalent for attempted murder for shooting Ralph Yarl

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Kaylin Gillis: What we know about shooting death of New York woman after she got the wrong driveway

Kaylin Gillis was going to spend Saturday night with friends. Instead she was shot and killed all for going to the wrong address, reports Rachel Sharp

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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

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‘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.

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The Independent UK

New York homeowner shoots dead woman who went to wrong house – two days after Ralph Yarl shooting

The shooting of Kaylin Gillis is eerily similar to the shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl in Kansas City

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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

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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

Daily Mirror

Woman, 20, shot and killed after pulling into wrong driveway looking for friend's house

Kaylin Gillis, 20, was gunned down when she got out of a car in front of a property in the rural town of Hebron in New York State, with the people she was riding with rushing her to a nearby town before calling 911 due to limited cell service

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New York woman shot dead for pulling into wrong driveway, echoing Ralph Yarl case

Kevin Monahan came out onto his porch and fired two shots, with one round hittting Kaylin Gillis

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Neighbour who saved Ralph Yarl recounts finding him bloodied with a bullet by his eye: ‘I thought he was dead’

‘I didn’t do anything but hold a kid’s hand so he wouldn’t feel alone’

Evening Standard

Ralph Yarl: Man, 84, charged over shooting of Black teenager turns himself in to police

Andrew Lester surrendered to police in Kansas City on Tuesday

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