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Kansas City police treated 84-year-old Andrew Lester with unusual tenderness on the night he shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl. At Tuesday’s preliminary hearing, where Clay County Judge Louis Angles ruled that
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ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) Andrew Lester, the Missouri man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, will face trial, a Clay County judge ruled during a preliminary hearing on Thursday.
Following testimony from 12 witnesses in a Liberty courtroom, Clay County Judge Louis Angles said that there was enough probable cause that a felony has been committed.
Lester, who did not take the stand, appeared in court with his attorney Steve Salmon.
Yarl and his mother, Cleo Nagbe, testified on Thursday afternoon as the teenager faced Lester for the first time since the shooting on April 13.
Yarl, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after the shooting, was soft spoken during his testimony and was asked to speak up several times.
He testified that he is still dealing with the physical and mental impact of the shooting as he recounted the moments before he was shot.
Yarl said that he believed that he was going to the correct address to pick