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Ralph Yarl, teen shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house, seeks 'justice' in civil lawsuit

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Teen Shot By Andrew Lester After Mistakenly Going,Seeks 'Justice' In Civil Lawsuit

Yarl was shot in the head and in the right arm by Lester, according to police, after the teenager mistakenly arrived at the wrong address to pick up his twin brothers from a friend's house.

Ralph Yarl, teen shot after mistakenly going to the wrong house, seeks 'justice' in civil lawsuitDeena Zaru and Sabina GhebremedhinThe Kansas City teenager opened up about the harrowing experience for the first time in an exclusive interview with GMA co-anchor Robin Roberts.

ABC News reached out to the homeowner's association, but requests for comment were not immediately returned. Merritt said that while the civil suit is "not alleging that it was because of racial animus" that Lester allegedly shot Yarl, but "a young Black boy living in Kansas City, Missouri should be able to knock on the wrong door should be able to move freely about his community without fear that he will be criminalized and that he will be violently assaulted."

"That's why I feel bad for him," she said. "But he doesn't see that there has been a shift in his mental capacity. It's not that he's less smarter, it's just that when the brain wants to heal, the brain wants to heal. It focuses everything on that healing."

 

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