So Ralph is my first son.
I have three sons,
he's the oldest and I name him after me.
So if you check this birth certificate,
you will see Paul Ralph
Yar and I'm Paul K Yar So.
And I could not be more proud to
have him as my son just because.
From the time he was born up to this day,
I used to sometimes wonder, you know,
it's like he's a different kind of kid.
Like he never did anything to make me angry,
even when he was 2510. You know,
other parents have kids and they have to
deal with the trouble of trouble kids.
Rob, I've never gave me any dout
that there's something wrong with him.
That's something that he needs to fix.
He's a good kid.
Yeah, He made my job so much
easier as a parent.
So
when you learned about this,
it had to have been
yes. So all the time I've been away from Rob.
The mother. I've never gotten a text or
call about any emergency or any trouble.
This is the first time ever I ga
text from the mother on Friday morning.
She said there is an emergency, call me back.
So when I saw the text I was shocked.
It never happened. So why now?
So something must have really been wrong.
So I pick up the phone
and call back immediately.
And before she told me that he got shot,
my first reaction was what?
Then she told me the story thate
sent him to pick up his siblings
and he went to the wrong house.
That's as much as she knew
and that's why she told me.
I started to get some
details about what happened,
the circumstances.
And she was as clueless as me.
She just said that she didn't
even know the shooter.
She don't know the idea of the shooter
because I wanted to know who di,
you know?
So ultimately overtime some of
the details start coming out abt
who did it and why he did it an.
I'm still shocked today when I
started seeing some of the detas
like he got shot multiple times
and he had to leave the house ad
go to the next door neighborhood
to knock on the door and some
people came out to call the pol.
All these details I didn't know at the time.
I just knew that he just got sht
and he was in the hospital and e
shooter was got a statement from the.
The present. And it was let go ,
which gonna shock me again.
It's like somebody was shooting
to kill him and the shooter
was let go just like that.
So that was another shock to meo
did you immediately.
Alright, I got. I've gotta go.
Yeah. So. So I just took my car.
You know, as old as it is.
Got down the highway.
And started going to Kansas
City and try to be there as soon
as possible to see Rob because
he looked like how was he doingn
you saw him in that hospital be.
So the first night that I
got there was Friday night.
There were obviously restrictios
because he had just came from
the surgery and they didn't want
distractions and which I can understand.
And he was still fresh from the operations.
So they say I should return in the morning,
Saturday morning, which I did.
So when I saw him, he was in the bed,
just like the pictures on Faceb.
This were not thinking about me,
but if they look exactly how
she'd look when I saw him.
And that was my terror shock,
because the last time I saw Ral,
he was, you know, happy.
Mood to see him in a bed
fighting for his life.
You know, he could have been de,
he could have been a coma
because it was a hair wound.
So I was really shocked and just knowing
that it was an innocent shootin,
that he did not do a wrong.
He wasn't expecting to be shock.
He was expected to get pick up his siblings,
his twin, you know,
12 years old twin siblings to get shot.
You know it was just confused m.
I couldn't understand.
So but I'm happy that he's
here with us within losing.
How's he doing?
So he's home with the mom and hs
he's a lucky kid because the mo.
She's a a nurse RN,
so she took some time off from .
So he's patient number one.
So she's full time as a caregiv,
so he's doing good.
There's an appointment to
meet up with the brain doctor,
I think the neurologist.
So that's the next appointment
to check his head,
make sure all his functions are
good because of the hair one.
So that's coming up.
Was he able to speak with you?
Talk with you at all?
No, I I, you know,
I tried try to have him say
something, but the mother,
she said no, come or come.
Be patient. So I said,
all right, hands off. I'll
give him space. He needs healin,
you know He's going to be alrig.
I'm not going to push it.
Thank goodness this could have
ended. A lot differently,
yes. Cooler. Cooler.
The circumstances at night,
multiple shots.
And that's what confused me.
It's like, wow, he didn't deserve it.
He's there's no trouble in
his past that I know of.
So I wasn't expecting anything
to ever come his way,
even a going shot,
one is out of.
Out of the blue. So
what do you want to happen now as far as
this person who shot your son? Yeah, so
I don't want to go there,
you know, with the politics,
you know, with the racism or the
charges and the gun violence.
You know, I am trying to restrain myself.
From going into all that,
I try to focus on Ralph,
but I am relief that charges were filed
because not just because of Ral.
Because of the next kid.
Like if there were no
charges and he will let go,
who knows the next kid that
will come to the same house,
the same neighborhood,
who knows what will happen to t.
Rob House siblings that live in
the same neighborhood Could be,
they could be next.
So having the charges and the
possibility of having him play somewhere
where he would not harm another,
I'm satisfied with that.
I also think if you think he's a threat,
why couldn't you call 911?
How couldn't you call the polic?
You know, so those are the
thoughts that run through my mi.
What kinds of things does your son do?
I think I saw music and what wht
kinds of things does he enjoy?
What kind of kid is he? So
growing up he did everything.
He was in a Soccer League.
He's a score lot of goals.
We raised him in a church,
so he used to be in on the yout.
Touch choir is The thing is to
play the musical instruments.
And he took some of those
experiences into his school.
He got on the school band
master all the instruments.
What does he play?
You know, the same musical on te
cover on it. You know how to.
To announce it. But yeah,
I mean, not just a single.
Oh, he plays multiple. Yeah. Multiple
instrument, right.
So it's just it's passion.
But I think the church cannot
give him that foundation to
want to carry on. You know,
Can you believe this?
A, this has happened to your so.
B, this has gotten attention nationwide.
The whole country is focused one
case involving your son and his injury.
Yes, I cannot.
Imagine because I am low key,
I'm humble. I'm not out there.
Even now I'm still restrained.
You don't see me or the TV.
I could be one of those people that just want
to be go be on as many cameras as possible.
I mean, I have received so
many requests for interview.
I took this one because.
I'm. I leave here now.
I think Indianapolis deserve to to know
some part of the story that nob,
no one else know.
But yes, I still can't believe .
It happened. But I'm grateful.
I'm thankful I still have Ralph.
I appreciate all the love,
all the prayers, all the though.
One special moment that I want
to talk about is about his.
5th grade teacher from elementary school.
So the teacher reached out to u.
She said, Can I have Ralph permission
to talk about Ralph to some celebrities?
So when Ralph heard the request,
he smiled.
He said,
of course,
anything else that you'd like
to share or message you'd like
to share with people that they need to
know about your son and what happened,
So. Most of the information that
I received is from other people.
That's why I want to go back
there in a couple of days to get
closer to him as he recover.
He needs me now more than ever.
I need to be there to to do my .
Other people are doing their pa.
You know he needs to go to
his doctor's appointments.
The siblings need me to be therf
they need to go places because e
people that are doing that part,
they're going to return back to their life.
They're going to go to work,
they're going to need some time,
you know, so,
but I need to be there for Ralp.