The man pleads guilty to the shooting of us teen Ralph Yarl

An 86-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to a second-degree attack on Ralph Yarl's shooting, a teenager who accidentally visit the wrong address.

Andrew Leicester on Friday agreed a less accusation as part of the legal basis agreement, according to US media. His process was to start next week.

In April 2023, Ralph Yarl, 16, called the Leicester's door as he went to take his younger brothers. Prosecutors claim that Leicester shot the teenager without talking to him. The boy survived.

His was one of several cases during the shooting people after confusing addresses that began debate over your basic laws in some US countries that allow the use of deadly force to prevent death or major bodily harm.

The case has caused protests and caught the attention of civil rights and racial justice defenders, who claim that Ralph Yarl's race is a factor in firing. Ralph is black and Leicester is white.

Initially, police said there was a “racial component” in the shooting, but in the end the authorities decided not to blame Leicester for a hatred crime.

Leicester and his lawyers said he was acting in self -defense and thought the teenager was trying to break into his home.

When the court appeared in 2023, He initially pleaded guilty to the attack and allegations of armed criminal actions. He encountered life in prison if he was convicted of the trial.

He will be sentenced on March 7 for the less accusation. He collides to seven years behind bars.

“We remain hope that his sentence will not just be a slap on the wrist, but a decision that maintains the seriousness of his crime.” The Yarl family said in a statement to the local media.

Ralph Yarl told the authorities that his mother had sent him to take his brothers and sisters around 10:00 pm local time that evening. He mixed similar street names – Northeast Street 115 and Northeast 115 terrace – which placed it on the threshold of Leicester and about a block of the house he was trying to visit.

After ringing the door, Leicester shot it twice – once in the forehead and once in the hand. Prosecutors said he “did not cross the threshold” of Leicester's home and survived after running to neighboring homes for help.

Initially, police detained Leicester for questioning and released him without charges, causing protests in Kansas City. Later, Leicester joined after the arrest warrant was issued.

Ralph Yarl, who has graduated from high school since then, is expected to give a statement to influence the victim of hearing a sentence next month.

Protests that attracted support from celebrities, including Khali Berry, Carrie Washington and Jennifer Hudson, called for racial justice and attracted attention to stand on your basic laws. Critics say they have contributed to a weapon violence against black people in the United States.

The case was also one of the Several in the spring of 2023 In which Americans – many of them children and teenagers – were injured after a small mistake of violent violence were welcomed.