Accused American shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is a racist white man in his 80s

Black teen Ralph Yarl shot in head after ringing wrong doorbell while trying to pick up siblings

By Edward Era Barbacena

CNN: A white American  man in his 80s is the individual who apparently shot and seriously wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a CNN review of property records, police statements and detention records.

CNN is not naming the man at this time, given he has not been charged.

Two representatives at the Kansas City Police Department detention unit read the man’s booking information to CNN over the phone. They confirmed the man who was booked on an investigation hold was a White man in his 80s and his home address matches the address where the shooting took place.

The representatives also noted he was taken into custody on April 13 just before midnight and was released less than two hours later at 1:24 a.m. on April 14.

Property records, and a neighbor who spoke to CNN, confirmed the man and his wife are the homeowners living at the shooting location.

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said in a Sunday news conference a “homeowner” was placed on a 24-hour investigation hold following the shooting. After consulting with the Clay County prosecutor’s office, the homeowner was released pending further investigation.

Police also said that they have to interview the victim, and collect other forensics.

CNN has not been able to reach the man for comment at this time. A lawyer was not listed in the booking report.

Officers responded to a home on April 13, just before 10 p.m., after receiving reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found a Ralph, who had been shot outside the residence by the homeowner.

The neighbor CNN spoke with said they did not hear the shooting because they were asleep. But did say once awake, “We came outside (the victim) was laying in the street surrounded by a few of our neighbors.”

CNN has requested the booking report and mug shot for the accused shooter, in addition to the incident report, but has not yet received it from the Kansas City Police Department.

Ralph was transported to a hospital where he is currently in stable condition, police said. amily attorney Ben Crump said the teen was shot in the head and chest and is “obviously distraught” by the incident.

“He understands that he could be dead now,” said Crump, describing Ralph as a musician and an honor roll student who was hoping to attend Texas A&M University.

Crump claimed the shooting was a racial profiling incident in an interview with CNN’s John Berman.

“We have been informed by his family that it was a White man who shot their 16-year-old son,” Crump said, explaining that he believes the teen was shot because he is Black.

“It is inescapable not to observe the racial dynamics here,” said Crump. “If the roles were reversed,” he continued, “how much outraged would there be in America?”

At a weekend rally, community and family members marched to and demonstrated in front of the man’s house, calling for charges to be filed.

The boy’s father said, “We want charges. That’s what we want.”

Protesters took to the streets after a homeowner shot and wounded a teenager who had gone to the wrong home to pick up his siblings in Kansas City, Missouri, police said Sunday.

Ralph Yarl, 16, was “shot twice and struck in the head and arm,” his family’s attorneys said in a statement.

Protesters marched as they chanted, “justice for Ralph” and “Black lives matter,” and carried signs reading, “Ringing a doorbell is not a crime” and “The shooter should do the time,” footage from CNN affiliate KMBC shows.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting on the evening of April 13 and arrived to find a teenager who had been shot by a homeowner outside a residence, according to Kansas City Police.