BREAKING: The Missouri man who shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl after he rang the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his siblings has been charged with two felony counts, authorities say.
He rang the doorbell shortly before 10 p.m. and waited for someone to respond, attorney Lee Merritt, who has been retained by the family, told NBC News.
How the encounter turned violent so quickly still confuses Yarl as he recovers, his aunt, Faith Spoonmore, said. At the third home, Merritt said the neighbor told Yarl to lie on the ground and put his hands in the air. He complied and then passed out, the attorney said.Merritt said the neighborhood where the shooting occurred is predominantly white and conservative and"commonly referred to among locals as God's country."
In recent years, newer families have been moving in, including a Black family, she said, but most residents keep to themselves.Skinner said she was still awake in the late evening of April 13 doing laundry but didn’t hear gunfire or screams. Another friend messaged her on Facebook to check if the emergency lights flooding the neighborhood were for her home. When Skinner said she went outside to check on what happened, the teen had already been taken to the hospital.
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