Kansas City Police said Andrew Lester, 84, turned himself in on Tuesday and was placed at the Clay County Detention Center, about five days after he shot Yarl in the head and arm outside his Missou…
The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office charged the man with first-degree assault and armed criminal action on Monday, with an arrest warrant issued shortly afterwards.According to the probable cause affidavit, Lester told police he was going to bed whenHe claimed he was “scared to death,” thinking someone was trying to break into his home when he fired at Yarl, who he described as a “black male approximately 6 feet tall pulling on the storm door handle.
Yarl told police he was instantly shot in the head, and when he fell to the ground, Lester shot him in the arm. The teen was discharged from the hospital days later, and his mother says he does little but cry in bed thinking about the shooting.Lester’s arrest also came following days of protest and outcry.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Lester claimed he was defending himself, which would play into Missouri’s “Stand your ground” law.
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