*Alicia Keys has reportedly invited Ralph Yarl to see her perform in Kansas in July.
Yarl is the Black teen who was shot by a racist white male on April 13 for ringing the wrong doorbell.
Yarl, 16, was shot twice by Kansas City homeowner Andrew Lester after he mistakenly went to the wrong house while picking up his siblings. The teenager was reportedly shot above his left eye and in the arm. He received treatment at a local hospital for life-threatening injuries but is now home and on the road to recovery.
A GoFundMe set up by his aunt has raised $3.4 million for Yarl and any ongoing medical treatment he may require.
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“Despite the severity of his injuries and the seriousness of his condition, Ralph is alive and recovering,” his family said in a statement, TMZ reports.
Yarl has received support from celebrities such as Halle Berry, Viola Davis, and Kerry Washington. Ralph’s fam has reportedly set up a trust fund to handle all donations.
Meanwhile, 84-year-old Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of Yarl.
Lester’s grandson, Klint Ludwig, appeared on CNN and told Don Lemon (before his firing) that the old man is racist.
Ludwig said he and his family support Yarl’s family in seeking justice.
“Myself and my family stand with Ralph Yarl in seeking justice,” he told Lemon. “It’s a tragedy, it never should’ve happened.”
Ludwig said his grandfather “holds racist tendencies and beliefs.”
“He’s just a stock American Christian male… The conspiracies and weird random racist things that they say. They’re just scared.”
Ludwig said Lester watched “Fox News all day every day blaring in his living room,” and fed off the “24-hour news cycle of fear and paranoia.”
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