Posted on Apr 18, 2023
'He didn't deserve to get shot': Good Samaritan who helped Ralph Yarl found him bloody and...
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Ralph Paul Yarl, the Black teenager who was shot by a homeowner after having rung the wrong doorbell, was motionless and covered in blood when James Lynch found him unconscious.
"I thought he was dead," Lynch said Monday.
“No one deserves to lay there like that,” Lynch said. “He hasn’t even begun to live his life yet. He didn’t deserve to get shot.”
Lynch, 42, had just gotten out of the shower Thursday night and was getting ready for bed when he heard shouting outside. He went over to his kitchen window and saw a boy banging on the door of a nearby home.
"I heard somebody screaming, 'Help, help, I've been shot!'" Lynch said, adding the shouting was out of place for the normally quiet neighborhood.
"I thought he was dead," Lynch said Monday.
“No one deserves to lay there like that,” Lynch said. “He hasn’t even begun to live his life yet. He didn’t deserve to get shot.”
Lynch, 42, had just gotten out of the shower Thursday night and was getting ready for bed when he heard shouting outside. He went over to his kitchen window and saw a boy banging on the door of a nearby home.
"I heard somebody screaming, 'Help, help, I've been shot!'" Lynch said, adding the shouting was out of place for the normally quiet neighborhood.
'He didn't deserve to get shot': Good Samaritan who helped Ralph Yarl found him bloody and...
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No innocent person deserves to be shot. The homeowner is responsible and should be charged
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This was not a self defense situation as it was explained on the news. He simply rang the doorbell at the wrong address, the Homeowner should be charged. Attempted Homicide would be about right.
Then there was another shooting that was even worse, I missed where it happened but a car was turning around in a driveway, no one got out, the homeowner came out shooting and killed one of the passengers.
Then there was another shooting that was even worse, I missed where it happened but a car was turning around in a driveway, no one got out, the homeowner came out shooting and killed one of the passengers.
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Maj Robert Thornton
Both incidents should not have occurred and both shooters should be prosecuted to the fullest.
At night if my doorbell rings, I will ask the person to step out of the alcove so I can see them. Yes, I do have a firearm on me when this happens. If the person fails to step out where they can be seen, I would call 911 and step away from the door and window.
At night if my doorbell rings, I will ask the person to step out of the alcove so I can see them. Yes, I do have a firearm on me when this happens. If the person fails to step out where they can be seen, I would call 911 and step away from the door and window.
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Update: "The Clay County Prosecutor's Office announced that it filed two criminal charges against a suspect in the April 13 shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, Missouri."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-charged-ralph-yarl-shooting/story?id=98643347
https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-charged-ralph-yarl-shooting/story?id=98643347
Prosecutor files 2 felony charges against suspect in Ralph Yarl shooting
The Clay County Prosecutor's Office said it filed two criminal charges against a suspect in the April 13 shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl.
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