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Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to shooting teenager who rang wrong doorbell has died

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Andrew Lester of Kansas City was charged with first -degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of Ralph Yarl .

The then-16-year-old survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M.

Yarl showed up on Lester ’s doorstep on the night of April 13, 2023 , after he mixed up streets where he was supposed to pick up his twin siblings.

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74

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74

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78

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semi-formal

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English

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41

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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