On April 13, a 16-year-old Kansas City resident named Ralph Yarl was shot twice, one in the head. He had gone to the wrong house when he went to look for his siblings. The attacker, an 84-year-old white man who now faces two felony charges, acted out of racial bias.
That's according to Clay County District Attorney Zachary Thompson on Monday afternoon, detailing that Andrew D. Lester faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action, for which an arrest warrant was issued with a bail of $200,000.
Thompson noted that the assault charge is a Class A felony, so if convicted, Lester faces between 10 and 30 months in prison or life in prison.