Assault trial for man accused in wrong-door shooting of Ralph Yarl moves forward
Prosecution of an 86-year-old white man charged in the wrong-door injury shooting of a Black teenager in Kansas City, Missouri, last year will move forward, a judge indicated Tuesday.
A mental evaluation of Andrew Lester approved by Clay County Circuit Court Judge David P. Chamberlain in September has been completed and was entered into the record on Nov. 15 but otherwise withheld from the public.
So far, the report hasn’t paused the trial’s starting date of Feb. 18, scheduled during a hearing…