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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

The Guardian - US · 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.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023

First Thing: West prepares for Putin to use ‘whatever tools he’s got left’ in Ukraine

Officials braced for nuclear threats and cyber-attacks as part of Russian response to predicted counteroffensive. Plus, what’s behind the disgusting food of TikTok?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Biden invites Ralph Yarl, Black teenager shot after knocking on wrong door, to visit Oval Office

‘No parent should have to worry that their kid will be shot after ringing the wrong doorbell. We’ve got to keep up the fight against gun violence’

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Ralph Yarl shooting - update: Suspect Andrew Lester released from jail again less than two hours after arrest

Lester, 84, claims he was ‘scared to death’ when he shot Black teen ringing his doorbell

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

White homeowner charged in front-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl in Kansas City

An 84-year-old white man has been charged with first-degree assault in the shooting of a 16-year-old who went to the wrong address to pick up his brothers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2023

White man charged in shooting of Black teen who knocked on door

An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri was charged Monday with first-degree assault for shooting a Black teen who mistakenly went to the man's home to pick up his younger brothers.

France 24 · Apr 18, 2023

White Kansas City man, 84, charged for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a Black teenager who was wounded after walking up to the wrong house when going to pick up his younger twin brothers.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2023

Andrew Lester: What we know about white homeowner charged with shooting Ralph Yarl

Suspect is 85 years old and prosecutors say they believe there was a ‘racial’ element to the shooting

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Ralph Yarl shooting: Prosecutors charge white homeowner Andrew Lester, 84, with attacking Black teenager

Suspect was arrested immediately after the shooting, but released after less than two hours

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023