Octogenarian Who Shot Teen in Kansas City Dies Days After Pleading Guilty

Andrew D. Lester, the octogenarian who shot and injured a teenager who mistakenly went to his door two years ago in Missouri, died on Wednesday while awaiting sentencing, the local prosecutor’s office said.

Mr. Lester, 86, appeared in court last Friday in suburban Kansas City to plead guilty to second-degree assault in the April 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a high school student who went to the wrong house while trying to pick up his siblings from their friend’s home, which was nearby and had a similar address.