Andrew Lester, 86, was set to go on trial this week for shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who mistakenly knocked on his door.

Andrew Lester, 86, died days after pleading guilty to shooting a teenage boy in Kansas City, Missouri, in a case that fueled national outrage over racism and gun laws.

Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man who pleaded guilty last week to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl in 2023, has died while awaiting sentencing. Lester, 86, had previously been facing charges of ...

Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then-16-year-old, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M.

CLAY COUNTY, Mo. — 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, 2025.