Attorney wants court records sealed in Ralph Yarl shooting
![This booking photo provided by the Clay County, Mo., Sheriff's Office shows Andrew Lester. Lester, the 84-year-old man charged in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, turned himself in Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Clay County Detention Center, the sheriff's office said. Lester surrendered a day after being charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2023/05/AP23108704665444-scaled.jpg)
By MARGARET STAFFORD
Associated Press
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for a Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is asking a judge to prevent any new information in the case from being made public. Eighty-four-year-old Andrew Lester is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl at his Kansas City home on April 13 after Yarl went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers. Lester’s attorney, Steven Salmon, says in legal filing that intense publicity of the case has caused widespread prejudice against Lester, and releasing any further information would increase threats against him. Lester has pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action.