Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault charges against Ralph Yarl in a 10-minute Missouri court hearing on Friday.

Photo of the suspect following an attempted Lynchburg ... pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by ...

Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M. Before Lester's trial was ...

Lester had entered into a plea deal on Friday and admitted shooting Yarl in the forehead and arm. He pled guilty to two felony counts of first-degree assault and armed criminal action; Clay County ...

Yarl, a retired aircraft mechanic ... Lester entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge of second-degree assault. Prosecutors suspect a racial motive in the shooting of the gifted clarinetist ...

Prosecutors asked for five years of incarceration for Lester. In a statement, Yarl’s to Ralph's family said Lester’s death “brings a mix of emotions, but it does not bring justice.

Andrew Lester, 86, was awaiting sentencing on second-degree assault charges for the April 2023 shooting in which he shot Ralph Yarl when the 16-year-old showed up at his house believing it was ...

Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault charges against Ralph Yarl in a 10-minute Missouri ... The firearm found on the suspect in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is believed ...

Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man who pleaded guilty last week to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl in 2023, has died while awaiting sentencing. Lester, 86, had previously been facing charges of ...

MISSION, Kan. — An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s ...