The man declares himself guilty when shooting us, teenager, Ralph Yarl

An 86 -year -old man in Kansas City, Missouri, declared himself guilty of second degree assault by Ralph Yarl’s shooting, a teenager who accidentally He visited the wrong address.

Andrew Lester agreed on Friday by the minor position as part of a guilt agreement, according to Media US. His trial had to start next week.

In April 2023, Ralph Yarl, 16, rang the timbre of Lester while he was going to pick up his younger brothers. Prosecutors say Lester shot the teenager without talking to him. The boy survived.

His was one of several cases at the time of unarmed people who were fired after confusing directions, which launched the debate on their land laws in some states of the United States that allow the use of the mortal force to avoid death or great body damage.

The case caused protests and attracted the attention of civil rights and the defenders of racial justice, who argued that Ralph Yarl’s career was a factor in the shooting. Ralph is black and Lester is white.

Initially, the police said there was a “racial component” in the shooting, but the authorities finally chose not to charge Lester a hate crime.

Lester and his lawyers said he was acting in self -defense and thought that the teenager was trying to enter his home.

In an appearance in the court of 2023, Initially he declared innocent to the assault and charges of armed criminal action. He faced life imprisonment if he is convicted in the trial.

He will be sentenced on March 7 by the minor position. He faces up to seven years after bars.

“We hope that your sentence is not simply a slap on the wrist, but a decision that defends the severity of its crime.” The Yarl family said in a statement to local media.

Ralph Yarl told the authorities that his mother sent him to pick up his brothers around 22:00 local time that night. Mixed names of similar streets – Northeast 115 Street and Northeast 115th Terrace, which placed it at the door of Lester and a block of the house he was trying to visit.

After ringing the bell, Lester shot him twice, once on his forehead and once on his arm. Prosecutors have said that “he did not cross the threshold” of Lester’s house and survived after fleeing neighboring houses to get help.

Initially, the police arrested Lester to interrogate him and released him without charges, generating protests in Kansas City. Lester then delivered after an arrest warrant was issued.

Ralph Yarl is expected, who since then graduated from high school, delivers a victim’s impact statement at a sentence hearing next month.

The protests, which attracted the support of celebrities such as Halle Berry, Kerry Washington and Jennifer Hudson, requested racial justice and attracted attention to support their land laws. Critics argued that they contributed to armed violence against blacks in the United States.

The case was also one of Several in the spring of 2023 in which the Americans, many of them children and adolescents, were injured after minor errors were found with armed violence.