Life has bloomed: KC teenager reflects on year since life-altering shooting [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – It’s been a year since a man shot a Northland teenager in the head when he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell.

Ralph Yarl was seriously injured in the shooting. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent months recovering and working to overcome the emotional and mental trauma of the shooting.

Friday, Yarl addressed the shooting that changed his life, as well as his experience over the past year.

“As we approach the one-year milestone from that awful event, my life has bloomed in a way that I never could have envisioned. I have so many thanks to the community for the love, well wishes, and support sent my way,” Yarl said in a statement.