Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl who rang the wrong doorbell

An 86-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake. Andrew Lester had been set to stand trial next week on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the 16-year-old. Lester pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree assault. Yarl showed up on Lester’s doorstep after he mixed up the streets where he was supposed to pick up his twin siblings. Lester’s attorney has long argued that Lester was acting in self-defense. The shooting shocked the country and renewed a national debate about gun policies and race in the U.S.