Part of the Kansas City, Missouri community rallies around the 16-year-old boy who was shot when he went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings last week.
A day after Ralph Yarl returned home from the hospital after being shot last week in Kansas City, Missouri, hundreds of Staley High School students and staff participated in a unity walk to offer support.
"I was out here to support my friend Ralph through this time he is going through today," said Maddox, Ralph's friend and junior at Staley, after the unity walk Tuesday morning. Yarl's classmates chanted,"We love you, Ralph," and"Justice for Ralph," as they walked in a circle around their school's campus to show support. Approximately 1,500 students were present for the walk, which is the majority of the Staley student body, according to a school official.
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