Judge orders psychological evaluation for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl

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Judge orders psychological evaluation for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation and delayed the trial of an 85-year-old white man who shot

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after the teenage ****** honor student came to his Kansas City, Missouri, home by mistake.

Andrew Lester’s lawyer

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the evaluation last month, saying the retired aircraft mechanic’s health has deteriorated so much that he now lacks the capacity to understand the proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense. The prosecution didn’t object to the request.

The trial of Lester had been scheduled to begin Oct. 7. Instead, there will be a hearing the following day.

Lester has pleaded

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to charges of first-degree ******** and armed ********* action in the April 13, 2023, ********* of Yarl, then 16. Yarl survived the ********* and graduated from high school in the spring. But his family said the ********* took a big emotional toll and has filed a

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against Lester.

The ********* shocked the country and renewed national debates about **** policies and race in the U.S.

Attorney Steve Salmon has long argued that Lester was

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, terrified by the stranger who knocked on his door as he settled into bed for the night.

Yarl showed up on Lester’s doorstep after he mixed up the streets where he was supposed to pick up his twin siblings. Yarl testified at an earlier hearing that Lester shot him in the head and uttered, “Don’t come here ever again.” Although the bullet didn’t penetrate Yarl’s brain, the impact knocked him to the ground. Yarl said Lester then shot him in the arm.

In the ensuing months, Lester has had heart issues, a broken hip and hospitalizations, Salmon said. Lester also has lost 50 pounds (23 kilograms), which Salmon blames on the stress he has experienced because of intense scrutiny from the news media and ****** threats.

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