i hate to sound repeat myself, but i would not think it s appropriate to comment on anyone s criminal history into the media, and that s the reason i m doing that is because i want to achieve justice for the victim in the case. and i don t want to jeopardize that by litigating the case in the media. i all these that way. this the defendant? um yes. okay he s 85 years old and the white male black. he s a white male. the probable cause statement indicates that he shot twice. in which areas of the head and arm . mr lester was with the house. it does contain information
police will have eyes on a location. so we re waiting just waiting to see how long will pass before he is actually in custody, but we did learn a lot of key details there in that press conference, alex, you mentioned the two very serious charges, but also we were told by the clay county prosecutor that two shots were fired, but this is key through a glass door and so presumably this man 85 year old andrew d. lester could see ralph. you are on the other side of that glass door before opening fire, and again, it gets to what you and i were talking about. just before that press conference under missouri law. this all comes down to reasonable nous. now, in order to use deadly force, you have to have two things. you have to have a reasonable belief that the subject of your force poses an imminent threat. and you have to reasonably believe that your deadly force is necessary to stop that. threat and of course, the question here is it is not illegal to walk up to someone s door to ring a door
just said that there was no indication that mr ja rule had crossed what s called the threshold that is actually going into the property. and so you know, this appears to be a what has been described by mr charles family attorney ben crump, that someone who was at this location who was in the subject of unreasonable force that at least according to prosecutors, it is worth pointing out. i wanna know one thing in our colleagues at the legal experts can speak more to this, but also under missouri law say mr lester says that i felt that this young man was trespassing or trying to come into my house to commit some violent act. it s up to the burden on the state to prove that this wasn t reasonable. but a lot of overwhelming evidence here particularly if you have a glass door, someone who could prove presumably see the young man coming up, not posing a threat. according you know, at least two prosecutors very evidence and very serious charges. the prosecutor making clear there, josh as you s
you. what do you make of these two charges? yeah i make of it that the prosecutor evaluated it and made an assessment that although it is a stand your ground state that the evidence established here that the stand your ground would not be applicable to be clear. i feel and do believe that the defendant will certainly avail himself or attempt to of the stay on the ground, but there s a couple of important points to be made number one of the prosecutors moving forward. he in essence is saying that is the prosecutor that the person who shot was not an immediate fear of death or serious bodily injury. that is the conclusion of prosecutor of drawn number two. he s concluded that the actions that he took and someone ringing the doorbell and firing shots were not reasonable, will not predicated upon enough evidence which would suggest that he was protecting himself and preserving his life. quick pivot when you look at the issue of stand your ground stand your ground is not a license to kill.
charges, a warrant was issued for mr lester s arrest and bond was set at $200,000. our office worked closely with the kids city, missouri police department during this case. and we would not be here today. but for their hard work we understand how frustrating this has been. but i can assure you that the criminal justice system is working and will continue to work. as with any serious case we approached this one in an objective and impartial manner. we look forward to obtaining a just result. with that being said. and understanding. this is a pending criminal matter. i will do my best to answer a few questions, mr before. how did you arrive at this so quickly? just yesterday during the news conference, and so little was known. now in case files you need today and we re here just a