![]() "Physically, mornings are hard, but his spirits are in a good place. And now they're in a position where they can really focus on Ralph and healing and coming together." Mother describe's teen's 'buckets of tears'Ĭleo Nagbe, Yarl's mother, told CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King that her son is doing "considerably well." "The community responded to their request, and that has been very gratifying for them. ![]() the family had to take on the responsibility - before I got involved, before anything like that - telling the world what was happening and asking for help," Merritt said. Then they got the incredible news that he'd pulled through surgery and could come home. He said the family has been on "an emotional roller coaster" since the shooting. When they first learned their son had been shot, they thought he was going to die. ![]() An 84-year-old white man is facing two charges. Justice Department has not announced any charges, and did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.ĭuration 2:01 A 16-year-old Black teenager is recovering at home in Missouri after he was shot last week when he went to the wrong house to pick up his brothers. Merritt says he's "content" with the state criminal charges, but is hopeful that federal hate crimes will follow. The U.S. Some advocates have called for him to be charged with hate crimes, but Clay County prosecutor Zachary Thompson said first-degree assault is a higher-level state crime with a longer sentence. Conditions of his bond include monitoring of his cellphone, prohibition for possessing weapons "of any type," and a stipulation that Lester not have contact with Yarl or his family. He was freed later that same day on $200,000 US bail. Lester surrendered to police on Tuesday, one day after he was charged. With his attorney at his side, he walked up to the bench with the help of a cane and briefly spoke with the judge, video footage of the session showed. He made his first court appearance Wednesday. His other charge, armed criminal action, is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Lester could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of first-degree assault. Holding out for federal hate crime charges Lynch said he checked the boy's pulse and, when another neighbour came out with towels, helped stem the bleeding until paramedics arrived. The father of three ran out and found Yarl covered in blood. "I heard somebody screaming, 'Help, help, I've been shot!"' neighbour James Lynch, who is white, told NBC News. Yarl ran to multiple homes asking for help before finding someone who would call the police. Yarl mistakenly went to Lester's door to pick up his siblings, according to published reports. The home of Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white homeowner accused of shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, is shown Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. No words were exchanged before the shooting, but afterward, as Yarl got up to run, he heard Lester yell, "Don't come around here," the statement said. Lester told police he lives alone and was "scared to death" when he saw a Black male on the porch and thought someone was trying to break in, according to the probable cause statement. Prosecutors said that when the teenager rang the bell, Lester shot him twice through a glass door with a .32-calibre revolver, striking him in the head and the forearm. On April 13 at about 10 p.m., Yarl went to pick up his twin younger brothers but mistakenly went to the wrong house, about a block away, police said. He turned himself in on Tuesday and has since been released on bond. "I think we'll be hearing a lot more from Ralph in the future."Īndrew Lester, the 84-year-old white Kansas City homeowner accused of shooting the Black teenager, pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action on Wednesday. "It's quite amazing," Merritt said, noting the boy was shot at blank-point range from less than 1.5 metres away. ![]() He says Yarl is still having trouble with his speech, movement and cognition from the traumatic brain injury - but he's getting better and is expected to pull through. "You can see in the picture he is doing exceptionally well for a 16-year-old who was shot in the face less than a week ago," Merritt told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. As It Happens 6:26 Black teen shot in the head after knocking on the wrong door doing 'exceptionally well'Ī 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head after knocking on the wrong door in Kansas City, M o., is expected to make a full recovery, a lawyer for his family says.Īttorney Lee Merritt shared a picture of himself on Wednesday sitting next to a smiling Ralph Yarl, less than a week after the teen underwent emergency surgery.
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