Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday spoke publicly for the first time on the shooting of the 16-year-old.
, nearly one week after the 16-year-old Black youth was shot and hospitalized after knocking on the wrong door in Kansas City.
Andrew Lester, 84, owns the home where Yarl reportedly approached the wrong address while attempting to pick up his younger brothers. Lester saidThe homeowner was subsequently charged with two felony counts—assault in the first degree and armed criminal action—for shooting Yarl in what he has said was self-defense.
Clay County prosecuting attorney Zachary Thompson said there was a"racial component" to the shooting. The Associated Press"I don't want some 16-year-old kid to be getting shot because he went to the wrong house—we just don't want those kinds of things to happen. It's a tragedy," Parson, a Republican,at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on Wednesday.
After adding that no parent should have to worry about their children being shot, and that more has to be done to combat escalating gun violence in America, Parsons said"young men and women get killed in St. Louis and Kansas City every day" but don't receive personal correspondence from PresidentMissouri Republican Governor Mike Parson is pictured at a press conference on May 29, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri.
"No parent should have to worry that their kid will be shot after ringing the wrong doorbell," Biden wrote in a tweet published Tuesday."We've got to keep up the fight against gun violence. And Ralph, we'll see you in the Oval once you feel better."
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