Ralph Yarl making stunning recovery, family lawyer says

(AP) — The attorney for Ralph Yarl’s family says the Black teenager was shot by a white homeowner at point-blank range in the head but miraculously survived the bullet to his skull. 

As the 16-year-old Yarl recovers at home, the 84-year-old white owner of the Kansas City, Missouri, home where Yarl mistakenly went to pick up his brothers faces his first court appearance Wednesday. 

Andrew Lester is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. 

He could face life in prison if convicted. 

Lester does not yet have a listed attorney.