Ralph Yarl: 'He has the will to live' says aunt
An 85-year-old man has been charged with assault after he shot a black teenager who had mistakenly rung his doorbell in the US state of Missouri.
Andrew Lester - who is white - faces two felony charges for firing at Ralph Yarl through a glass door on Thursday.
The 16-year-old sustained injuries to the head and arm. He had picked the wrong home when sent to pick up his siblings.
A prosecutor said the case had what he described as a "racial component".
Dr Faith Spoonmore is the aunt of Ralph Yarl. She told Newsday: 鈥淗e accidentally went to the wrong house. He rung the doorbell and the man in the house came outside and shot him鈥� and again when he was on the ground. Luckily because Ralph has the will to live he was able to get up and run to get help.鈥�
(Picture: Ralph Yarl, in a photo on his family's GoFundMe page. Credit: Faith Spoonmore / GoFundMe / Lee Merritt via Reuters)
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