Just four days after being shot in the head by an elderly white homeowner for inadvertently rang his doorbell, a 16-year-old black youngster was discharged from the hospital.
When Ralph Yarl arrived at the house in Kansas City, Missouri, the US, to pick up his siblings at 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, it is said that he rang the doorbell and was then shot in the head by the resident.
An older white man in his 80s is accused of shooting Yarl in his home. The person who shot the firearm was detained and released from custody 24 hours later, according to the authorities.
The child was brought to the hospital after running to three different homes in search of assistance. The teen’s parents had instructed him to go to 115th Terrace in Kansas City and pick up his siblings.
With more than $1.2 million (£1 million) raised by a GoFundMe account to help the adolescent and his family with the medical expenditures, Ralph has since been discharged from the hospital and is healing at home.
After the suspect was let to be released, protesters have been visiting the home demanding that the teen receives justice. The victim and his family have hired well-known civil rights attorneys Lee Merritt and Benjamin Crump, who have worked on high-profile cases involving Black victims like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, George Floyd, Keenan Anderson, and Tyre Nichols.
A protest was organised in Kansas City, with hundreds gathering outside the home where the boy was shot. Celebrities have also added their voices to the growing number of people crying out for charges over the shooting.