KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Black teen Ralph Yarl was shot twice, in the head and arm, after going to the wrong home in Kansas City, Missouri, to pick up his younger brothers. Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old white man, told police he fired at honors student Yarl, 16, out of fear last week. But whether […]
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Legal experts believe Lester s lawyers will claim self-defense under Missouri s stand your ground law. Missouri is one of roughly 30 states with such statutes