The plea came on the eve of Lester’s trial in Clay County, which was supposed to begin Feb. 18. He is instead scheduled for sentencing March 7.

Andrew D. Lester, a Kansas City resident in his 80s, was charged with felonies in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a teen who went ...

Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault after shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl outside Kansas City, Missouri ...

The man accused of shooting a teenager who went to the wrong Kansas City house has entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge.

Andrew Lester entered a guilty plea to second-degree assault in a quick 10-minute court hearing Friday. Lester, 85, was ...

The man accused of shooting a teenager in the head on his front porch during a case of a mistaken address has pleaded guilty ...

Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault charges against Ralph Yarl in a 10-minute Missouri court hearing on Friday.

Black teen Ralph Yarl was shot when he rang the wrong Kansas City doorbell. Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a charge that carries up to seven years behind bars.

Andrew Lester was originally charged with two felonies for shooting then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl when the teen mistakenly rang ...

A Kansas man pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the 2023 shooting of a Black student who mistakenly rang his doorbell trying to pick up his siblings.