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[Pazuzu]

Police, shooting at snake, kill 5-year-old boy, officials say
The Associated Press

NOBLE, Okla. — A stray bullet fired by a police officer trying to shoot a snake hit and killed a 5-year-old boy fishing at a nearby pond, officials said.
Austin Haley was fishing with his grandfather, Jack Tracy, Friday evening when Tracy said he heard a shot and saw a bullet hit the water just a few feet in front of the boat dock where he was standing.
Moments later, a second shot was fired that hit Austin in the head.
A Noble police officer who had responded to a report of a snake in a tree apparently fired the deadly shot while trying to kill the snake, according to City Manager Bob Wade.
Tracy said he initially thought he and his grandson were under attack by someone trying to kill them, so he put the boy into the back of a 4-wheeler and drove to his daughter's house about 200 yards away.
"Then two officers came out of the brush over there," he told The Oklahoman. "They didn't tell us they were the ones who had been shooting or that they had shot him. They didn't admit a doggone thing."
The boy was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A resident of the Crest Lane neighborhood called police after discovering a large snake in a tree, Wade said.
"I was told that they tried several ways to get the snake down, but it was still hissing at them and firmly lodged," Wade said. "What I was told is that the owner of the home either suggested or agreed that they should go ahead and shoot the snake, and then everything happened from there."
Wade refused to identify the officer suspected of firing the shots but said the officer has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
"This is so bizarre it has to be fully investigated. ... We're pretty sure circumstantially that it is the bullet from the police officer's gun, but it might be a bullet from someone else," Wade said.
A state investigation has been launched into the shooting, and it appears the fatal shot was fired by the officer, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.
"We have no reason to believe it's not," Brown said. "But there certainly will be an investigation."
Tracy has little doubt about what happened.
"I'm not saying the cop shot him on purpose," Tracy said. "It was an accident. But let me tell you — if I had a kid and put him in this car and didn't put him in a car seat and he got killed on the way to town, they'd charge me with murder ... and what this cop did is a lot worse than that."

[Welby]

[Mazda4x4]

Should be fired and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Only a retards and Arabs shoot a rifle or pistol into the air like that.

Why is it so important to kill a snake?

[Kim~]

Originally Posted by Mazda4x4

Should be fired and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Only a retards and Arabs shoot a rifle or pistol into the air like that.

Why is it so important to kill a snake?

Agreed.

[Benzz0]

What a complete fucking DUMBASS for shooting in the air with a fire arm...AND in a populated area...

He should be tried for Manslaughter and the parents should sue the Police Dept'.


Very fucking poor judgement...


For the family

[tacoma73]

Sounds like a punishable fuckup to me.... so far.

[TheRedHorseman]

He needs to be in jail for manslaughter, the family needs to have his badge hand delivered to them by the chief and the mayor.

[Mo]

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[arbo]

First and foremost...I have never heard a snake hiss. I have been around alot of snakes, and my understanding is that a snake hissing is a myth. If the officer in question said that the snake hissed at him, then someone is lying about something. If he is lying about that, what else is he lying about? He should have never fired shots at the snake to begin with. There are plenty of animal control officers that could have handled the situation. Sounds like a screwed up situation to me. I'd be more than a little pissed!

[95steel]

I didn't read where they said populated area?

Bad judgement, He should have grabbed a shotgun.

Look at it this way, the cop gets to live with it for the rest of his life.

[rugger]

Well, that got my blood boiling.

Cops (generally) shoot like crap anyway. I'm not sure why that idiot thought that he could shoot a snake out of a tree. There is a ton of stupid decision making leading up to the kids death. I think the guy should do some time and his assets go to the family.......and he should be castrated so that his genes do not pass to the next generation.

[mike]

Originally Posted by TheRedHorseman

He needs to be in jail for manslaughter, the family needs to have his badge hand delivered to them by the chief and the mayor.

I agree, but you know it won't happen. What a total dumbfuck

[Pazuzu]

You guys are all agreeing!! That ain't no discussion!

It's kinda hard these days finding a news article where you won't find an arguement in here...

[rugger]

This one needs to go into the books:

"That is about as smart as shooting at a snake in a tree."

[rugger]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

You guys are all agreeing!! That ain't no discussion!

It's kinda hard these days finding a news article where you won't find an arguement in here...

I did mention that cops can't shoot. That should get someone arguing.

[J-Bone]

I guess Noble OK hasn't an animal control department?

[tacoma73]

Originally Posted by arbo

First and foremost...I have never heard a snake hiss. I have been around alot of snakes, and my understanding is that a snake hissing is a myth. If the officer in question said that the snake hissed at him, then someone is lying about something. If he is lying about that, what else is he lying about? He should have never fired shots at the snake to begin with. There are plenty of animal control officers that could have handled the situation. Sounds like a screwed up situation to me. I'd be more than a little pissed!

I've heard snakes hiss. It's not a myth. The cop is probably not lying about that, or anything else necessarily.

[TheRedHorseman]

Originally Posted by tacoma73

I've heard snakes hiss. It's not a myth. The cop is probably not lying about that, or anything else necessarily.

Yep, snakes do hiss on occasion. However this cop playing cowboy, no matter how good his intentions were, was stupid and a kid died as a result.

[Phloyd04]

Whats so fucking bad about a snake in a tree anyway. Its not like its going to hurt anyone if its up in a goddamned tree. What, is it going jump out and attack a person. Seriously those two dumbshit cops didn't need to do anything at all. What fucknut calls the cops for a snake anyway?

[rugger]

Originally Posted by Phloyd04

Whats so fucking bad about a snake in a tree anyway. Its not like its going to hurt anyone if its up in a goddamned tree. What, is it going jump out and attack a person. Seriously those two dumbshit cops didn't need to do anything at all. What fucknut calls the cops for a snake anyway?

Well said fellow noob.

[jeepyj]

Originally Posted by Mo

Well done Mo...


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Originally Posted by Mazda4x4

Should be fired and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Only a retards and Arabs shoot a rifle or pistol into the air like that.

Why is it so important to kill a snake?

Exactly. Fuck him and his irresponsible ways and lack of training retention. Fucking sad.

Originally Posted by arbo

First and foremost...I have never heard a snake hiss. I have been around alot of snakes, and my understanding is that a snake hissing is a myth. If the officer in question said that the snake hissed at him, then someone is lying about something. If he is lying about that, what else is he lying about? He should have never fired shots at the snake to begin with. There are plenty of animal control officers that could have handled the situation. Sounds like a screwed up situation to me. I'd be more than a little pissed!

WHAT?!?!?!?! You haven't been around snakes for shit Noob
Snakes fucking hiss.

[zakk]

all this to kill a snake in a tree?