{"id":67983,"date":"2023-05-30T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kansas-city-teen-who-was-shot-in-head-for-knocking-on-wrong-door-walks-at-brain-injury-event-67983"},"modified":"2023-05-30T02:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:54:15","slug":"kansas-city-teen-who-was-shot-in-head-for-knocking-on-wrong-door-walks-at-brain-injury-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/kansas-city-teen-who-was-shot-in-head-for-knocking-on-wrong-door-walks-at-brain-injury-event-67983","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City teen who was shot in head for knocking on wrong door walks at brain injury event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ralph Yarl, the Kansas City teenager who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot in the head<\/a> last month after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell, made his first major public appearance since the shooting on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Yarl, now 17, walked with family, friends and other brain injury survivors at Going the Distance for Brain Injury, an annual Memorial Day race held at Loose Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City, Missouri.<\/a> As many as 1,000 people participated in this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p>Yarl\u2019s mother, Cleo Nagbe, spoke ahead of the race where she urged the community to stop gun violence: &#8220;It takes a community. It takes a family. It takes a support group, all of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;Let\u2019s raise more awareness to stop the things that cause brain injuries and should not be causing them, especially gun violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ralph-yarl-shooting-kansas-city-teen-seen-first-photo-since-hospital-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RALPH YARL SHOOTING: KANSAS CITY TEEN SEEN IN FIRST PHOTO SINCE HOSPITAL RELEASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In April, Yarl was shot after attempting to pick up his younger brothers at the wrong home, which was approximately a block away from where they were located. Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old homeowner, is accused of shooting Yarl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s important for Ralph to see that he is not alone,&#8221; Yarl\u2019s aunt, Faith Spoonmore, said.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the race attendees were seen wearing neon green T-shirts and were registered to be part of &#8220;Team Ralph,&#8221; said Robin Abramowitz, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Spoonmore revealed Yarl continues to struggle with balance and suffers debilitating migraines. He also has mood changes and is dealing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/ptsd-what-it-is-and-how-to-spot-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trauma of the shooting,<\/a> she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/kansas-city-homeowner-accused-shooting-teen-front-porch-turns-himself-makes-plea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>KANSAS CITY HOMEOWNER MAKES PLEA FOLLOWING RALPH YARL SHOOTING<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lester was arrested in connection with the shooting but was released just two hours later.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting prompted outrage across the country and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sparked protests<\/a> in the Kansas City area.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/kansas-city-teen-who-was-shot-head-knocking-wrong-door-walks-brain-injury-event\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/kansas-city-teen-who-was-shot-head-knocking-wrong-door-walks-brain-injury-event <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Yarl, the Kansas City teenager who was shot in the head last month after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell, made his first major public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-67983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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