Teenager Shot in Head Makes Inspiring Appearance at Brain Injury Run

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Source: The Associated Press
Teenager Shot in Head Makes Inspiring Appearance at Brain Injury Run
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Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm last month after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell, walked at a brain injury awareness event Monday in his first major public appearance since the shooting. Yarl walked with family, friends and other brain injury survivors Monday at Going the Distance for Brain Injury, a yearly Memorial Day race at Loose Park in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting drew worldwide attention and prompted rallies and protests in the Kansas City area, with critics saying the shooter was given preferential treatment when police released him just two hours after he was arrested.

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