THE CLAY COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S Days after entering a guilty plea to second-degree assault in the Ralph Yarl shooting, Andrew Lester has died.Lester, 86, was set to be sentenced on March 7 ...

Feb. 20 (UPI) --Andrew Lester, 86, has died after pleading guilty to the intentional shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl outside Lester's Kansas City home in 2023. Local prosecutors announced ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 86-year-old Kansas City 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 ...

Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree for the shooting of Ralph Yarl, has died while awaiting sentencing, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney ...

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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 honour student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake ...

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Andrew Lester, the Kansas City homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl, has died, prosecutors said, per NBC News. He was 86. Lester's death came days after he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the ...