According to his family, a black teenager in the US was shot in the head after picking up his younger twin siblings from the wrong house.
Following the shooting that occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, at 10 p.m. on Thursday, Ralph Yarl, 16, is in the hospital.
Police said he went to the wrong house and was shot there.
A GoFundMe page, thought to be set up by Ralph’s aunt Faith Spoonmore, said the boy was shot once in the head and a second time after he fell to the ground.
Ralph’s aunt said the teenager escaped but had to knock at three different homes before someone helped him.
The homeowner who allegedly shot Ralph was taken into custody on Thursday. He has been released pending further investigation.
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump told local media that Ralph’s family said the gunman was white.
“It is inescapable not to acknowledge the racial dynamics at play,” said Mr Crump, who is representing Ralph’s family.
Mr Crump has represented the families in several high-profile cases including Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, as well as Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
In a post on Instagram about Ralph’s case, Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis called on prosecutors to “make an immediate arrest and bring the appropriate charges”.
“He didn’t deserve what happened to him,” she wrote. “We won’t stand for it. We are coming for justice.”
