Ralph Yarl: Shooting suspect turns himself in

A US antheral successful Missouri has turned himself successful to look charges of battle aft shooting a teen who rang his doorbell.

Andrew Lester, 84, has been charged with first-degree battle and equipped transgression action, prosecutors said.

Mr Lester, who is white, allegedly changeable Ralph Yarl, 16, who is black, erstwhile successful the caput and erstwhile successful the limb past Thursday night. The lad survived.

A authoritative said determination was a "racial component" to the shooting.

Mr Lester has not been charged with a hatred crime, and charging documents bash not picture the alleged radical bias.

He volition stay astatine the Clay County Detention Center until his arraignment, oregon until helium posts a bond, the sheriff's bureau told the BBC.

Mr Yarl told authorities helium had mistakenly approached astatine Mr Lester's location past Thursday nighttime to prime up his younger duplicate brothers, driving to Northeast 115 Street alternatively of Northeast 115th Terrace, which is 1 artifact away.

After Mr Yarl rang the doorbell, Mr Lester changeable the teen doubly - erstwhile successful the forehead and erstwhile successful the arm. Mr Lester has not denied shooting Mr Yarl, telling authorities helium believed helium was protecting himself from a confrontation. p