Andrew Lester Arrested & Charged for Shooting Ralph Yarl
If you’ve been on the internet in the last 48 hours or so, you’ve come across this horrific story.
This past Thursday, 16-year-old Black boy named Ralph Yarl went to pick up his younger brother’s from a family friend me house. He accidentally went to the wrong house and rang the doorbell. The owner of that house, 84-year-old Andrew Lester, shot him through the glass door. The teenager was struck in the forehead and right arm. Luckily, he was able to get up and run — he went to three houses before he was able to get help.
Lester was taken into custody and released less than two hours later. Yarl was taken to the hospital, and remarkably, he has recovered well enough to return home.
After days of protest and calls for justice, Lester has been arrested and charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action on Monday.
A GoFundMe page started by Yarl’s aunt, Faith Spoonmore, has raised over $2.6 million in under 48 hours.
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