A Black teenager was shot in the head in Kansas City, Mo., after showing up at the wrong house to pick up his siblings, lawyers for his family said. Family members identified the victim online as Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old high school junior.
Sunday. The teenager was transported to a hospital to be treated for his injuries, Graves said. She did not name the victim.
Police said the teenager’s parents asked him to pick up his siblings at a residence on 115th Terrace, in the city’s northeast, but that he instead went to a residence on 115th Street, the Kansas City StarCivil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Lee Merritt, who are representing Yarl and his family, said in athat Yarl “is alive and recovering” but that he has severe injuries.
News of Yarl’s shooting sparked a protest Sunday in Kansas City. Hundreds of people, including members of Yarl’s family, marched Sunday to the residence where Yarl was found in Kansas City’s Northland neighborhood,The case also attracted national attention, with celebrities and politicians demanding action.
“My heart completely broke when I learned this precious 16-year-old, who accidentally rang the door of the wrong address in an attempt to pick up his siblings, was shot in the head … by a man who didn’t want him on his property,” tweeted actress Halle Berry.This innocent child is now fighting for his life. This could be your child. This should NOT happen.
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