Ralph Yarl: Sweet, young teen shot trying to pick up siblings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is terrible. What is wrong with people? If a stranger knocks on your door why not just keep it closed and tell them to leave? We do that at my house. We don’t open the door and just shoot someone.

The shooter kept the door closed and shot through the glass.

[Anonymous]

Well I feel threatened by Republicans and politicians so I guess it's time to stand my ground

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of emotions but very little information so far.

I reserve all judgement until more is known.

Wtf. Why? The person reacted out of fear and shot this poor innocent kid! The perpetrator had choices. He could have NOT opened the door! When strangers knock on my door, I often don’t open it.

The LAST thing I would ever do, is pull out a gun and shoot them, for godsakes. We know this child was innocent. And now his life has been taken. I hope the person who shot him rots in jail.

He didn't open the door; he shot through it.

[Anonymous]

If the door was shut when he shot him, we can just start shooting people from inside our house now if they even walk by??? What the hell is this country coming to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is terrible. What is wrong with people? If a stranger knocks on your door why not just keep it closed and tell them to leave? We do that at my house. We don’t open the door and just shoot someone.

The shooter kept the door closed and shot through the glass.

Was he having flashbacks from 'Nam? He shot through his own front door? Who does that?

[Anonymous]

God help all of the delivery drivers out there

[Anonymous]

Especially since the child ring the doorbell. It's not like he was running around the windows pounding trying to get in....my god

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is terrible. What is wrong with people? If a stranger knocks on your door why not just keep it closed and tell them to leave? We do that at my house. We don’t open the door and just shoot someone.

The shooter kept the door closed and shot through the glass.

Was he having flashbacks from 'Nam? He shot through his own front door? Who does that?

This guy. Got 17 years at least. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/us/detroit-area-man-convicted-of-murdering-woman-who-knocked-on-his-door.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the door was shut when he shot him, we can just start shooting people from inside our house now if they even walk by??? What the hell is this country coming to?

Conservative values and gun rights. I think this is how it looks when we get tired of winning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the door was shut when he shot him, we can just start shooting people from inside our house now if they even walk by??? What the hell is this country coming to?

+1

And why isn’t this man in jail without bail? He is a clear danger to society. Any person who walks by his house, drops off a package, etc. could be shot and he can claim self defense or stand your ground? What more f-info evidence do the police even need to discover?

There’s another thread about knocking on a neighbor’s door to retrieve misplaced packages. With this situation I’d never knock on anyone’s door again unless they knew I was coming over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone in here is showing racism by the comments "white man with a gun". Who cares if the person is person responsible is purple. The point of this story (as per what was posted) should be a young teen was shot trying to pick up siblings at the wrong address. The story only propels when race is brought into it, and by reading the prior comments, none of you are any better.
Before you try to to say I am a gun supporter, I am not and I am not white.

This is absolutely correct. I have reserved any judgement (other than internal sympathy for the pain this family is suffering at this moment) wanting to hear more about why this homeowner felt he needed to do this? It boggles the mind, is he a racist? Is the portrayal by our news media showing the "predominantly black" mobs looting stores or destroying downtowns as evidenced this past weekend in Chicago triggering a threat to someone like this man/woman? If you live a relatively secluded life within your community with you simple weekly tasks and do not socialize much outside of your household/community are you more apt to feel threatened by a strange "black" person showing up at your door? I am white, I thought about this when I opened my door to the three little black boys offering to move our garbage cans from the side of the house to the front curb on pick up morning (they live in the neighborhood and are trying to earn some Summer money, cute), and this incident had just made the news. I would never react that way but I am well traveled and my neighborhood, as well as my children's schools (when they attended) is/are very diverse, and by this I do not mean one of three POC. Our sports teams are not all white and it's always been that way in my community. Was this man's community Lilly white? If this is the case, and god I hope there is an explanation from this man/woman who shot this poor boy that will bring tears to my eyes, what in the world can we do to help people like this open their worldview. A child is a child, and yes, even when I lived in Baltimore City and was harassed by the squeegee boys I always found that they really meant no harm and just wanted attention, someone to care not just our money. What on earth can a person do to try and get a person like this out in the world and interacting with more of these children/people so they don't see them as an instant threat? I'm truly curious how I might approach this were I see it in my own community?

Haven't read too much about this yet but someone above in this thread said the shooter is 80/a senior citizen. Sorry but how much is your worldview going to open at that age? I'm fairly certain you are what you are by then. It'd be nice if everyone weren't locked and loaded, but this is America so that ain't happening . . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What time of day was it?

Was Yarl wearing a mask?

Was Yarl holding anything in his hand that could be construed as a weapon?

Did Yarl attempt to open the door?

There was no 911 call to report someone at the door, to report anyone breaking anything or to report that a teenage boy had been shot on the doorstep and was struggling to stay alive.

Any teen boy, I won’t even add race, going to the wrong home in McLean and ringing the doorbell should be shot? No questions asked just shot twice.

If you thought I was advocating or excusing this, you are a fool. I'm throwing out possibilities as to how this tragedy occurred. There's a big difference between a 4 ft 3 seven year old knocking on the wrong door on a sunny Saturday afternoon and a man-sized teenager in a skimask banging on a door at 3 in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What time of day was it?

Was Yarl wearing a mask?

Was Yarl holding anything in his hand that could be construed as a weapon?

Did Yarl attempt to open the door?

There was no 911 call to report someone at the door, to report anyone breaking anything or to report that a teenage boy had been shot on the doorstep and was struggling to stay alive.

Any teen boy, I won’t even add race, going to the wrong home in McLean and ringing the doorbell should be shot? No questions asked just shot twice.

If you thought I was advocating or excusing this, you are a fool. I'm throwing out possibilities as to how this tragedy occurred. There's a big difference between a 4 ft 3 seven year old knocking on the wrong door on a sunny Saturday afternoon and a man-sized teenager in a skimask banging on a door at 3 in the morning.

So where does a 16 yo at 10 pm fit into your equation? And probably just knocking not banging on the door? Man-sized teenager. Stop with these excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of emotions but very little information so far.

I reserve all judgement until more is known.

Wtf. Why? The person reacted out of fear and shot this poor innocent kid! The perpetrator had choices. He could have NOT opened the door! When strangers knock on my door, I often don’t open it.

The LAST thing I would ever do, is pull out a gun and shoot them, for godsakes. We know this child was innocent. And now his life has been taken. I hope the person who shot him rots in jail.

Maybe it'll transpire that the kid was dealing drugs and it was a deal that went south.

Who knows. There's very little information. More will come out in due time. Maybe the allegation is right. Or maybe there's a lot more to it than we are being told for now. There have been plenty of instances when something that initially seemed like a horrible tragedy turned out to be much murkier once more information was released.

That's why I reserve all judgement until more is known and don't resort to knee jerk emotional reaction.

The shooter is in his 80s so, no, I don't think it was a "drug deal that went south."

Potential dementia

80+ yr old white guy with a gun? I'm guessing he watches Fox 24-7, sees reports of the crimes in Chicago, DC, etc. being perpetrated by black youth and hence ALL black youth EVERYWHERE are out to loot Walmart - or loot his home. Doesn't have the critical thinking to realize that one guy alone ringing is doorbell isn't there to rob, he's more likely there to sell solar panels or something. And in any event if you're one of those people who doesn't open the door to people you don't know, couldn't yell thru the door to ask what the kid wanted/tell him he had the wrong address??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God help all of the delivery drivers out there

People tend to be ok with black guys in FedEx or Amazon Prime uniforms bc they are bringing them the loads of crap they order all day long. I'm sure there have been exceptions, but you really don't hear of someone being shot when they are toting a package.