86-year-old Missouri man pleads guilty in Ralph Yarl shooting

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  86-year-old white man accepts plea deal in wrong-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl

  Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old man charged in the 2023 wrong-door shooting of teen Ralph Yarl accepts a plea deal.
  
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  Andrew Lester pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl

  Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault after shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl outside Kansas City, Missouri home in April 2023
  
  The Hill - 5d
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  Ralph Yarl shooting suspect strikes deal, pleads guilty to second-degree assault

  Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault charges against Ralph Yarl in a 10-minute Missouri court hearing on Friday.
  
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  Man accused of shooting Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl to change plea

  Andrew Lester, the man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Kansas City teen in 2023, will take a plea deal in a last-minute hearing on Friday.
  
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• Kansas City retiree who shot Ralph Yarl pleads guilty to lesser charge

  As part of a plea deal, Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl. He will be sentenced in March.
  
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  Connecticut man pleads guilty in 2022 stray-bullet shooting of Olympian's mother

  A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to murder in the stray-bullet killing of the mother of Puerto Rican Olympic athlete Yarimar Mercado Martinez.
  
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  Andrew Lester dies while awaiting sentencing for shooting of Ralph Yarl

  Andrew Lester, the man who pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree for the shooting of Ralph Yarl, died while awaiting sentencing.
  
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• Man dies days after pleading guilty to shooting Black teen who rang his doorbell

  Andrew Lester pleaded guilty in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the White man's doorbell by mistake.
  
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  Ralph Yarl shooter Andrew Lester dies days after entering guilty plea

  Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old white man charged with shooting Black teenager Ralph Yarl has died just days after accepting a plea deal.
  
  NBC News - 10h

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