Kansas City teen who was shot in the head

Harris Marley

Global Courant 2023-05-30 11:54:15

Ralph Yarl, the Kansas City teen who was shot in the head last month after accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, made his first public appearance since Monday’s shooting.

Yarl, now 17, ran 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 Kansas City, Missouri. No less than 1,000 people took part in the event this year.

Yarl’s mother, Cleo Nagbe, spoke ahead of the race urging the community to end gun violence: “It takes a community. It takes a family. It takes a support group, all that.”

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Many of the race participants wore neon green T-shirts and were registered to be part of “Team Ralph,” said Robin Abramowitz, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City.

Spoonmore revealed that Yarl still struggles with balance and suffers from debilitating migraines. He also has mood swings and is dealing with the trauma of the shooting, she said.

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