Black Teen Shot By Homeowner After Ringing Doorbell At Wrong House While Trying To Pick Up Siblings

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Protesters have taken to the streets after a Black teenager was shot by a homeowner in a Missouri neighborhood over the weekend.

Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old from Kansas City, had been dispatched by his parents to go pick up his younger brothers at a home in the city late on Thursday evening. He was given an address on 115th Terrace in the far northern part of the city. But when he got there, he mistakenly went to that same house number on 115th Street — just one block away.

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Once at the house, Ralph rang the doorbell, thinking he was in the right place to pick up his twin brothers. Sadly, he was mistaken. Then, for no reason, he was shot right after. According to KMBC, who spoke to family members after the incident, the 16-year-old boy was “shot twice and struck in the head and arm.”

A GoFundMe set up by Ralph’s aunt Faith Spoonmore explained more about the awful Thursday night incident:

The owner of that 115th Street house is the one who allegedly shot the young man. And it was all over a case of a mistaken address?? And for merely ringing a doorbell?

WTF???

Cops responded to the shooting and rushed Ralph to the hospital. As of Sunday evening, he was reportedly in stable condition as he fights for his life with the awful and completely unnecessary wounds. Per CNN, police did take the homeowner into custody after the shooting. The homeowner — who has not been identified — was placed on a 24-hour hold over the weekend before being released.

In a news conference on Sunday, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said officers are working to gather “additional forensic evidence” and to take down a formal