Remind me not to go fishing in Oklahoma

sweetpotato
sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/06/boy.killed.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Cop shoots at snake, kills boy, 5

Story Highlights
Austin Haley, 5, was shot in head while fishing with his grandfather

Police officer who fired shot was aiming at a snake

Snake was in a tree, hissing at people

The grandfather, Jack Tracy, says he thought someone was trying to kill him

NOBLE, Oklahoma (AP) -- A police officer shooting at a snake apparently killed a 5-year-old boy who was fishing at a nearby pond, officials said...
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    oh my God....that's horrible
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    wow... that cop has to be charged. talk about ignoring one of the biggest rules in hunting/shooting: ALWAYS know what is beyond your target.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    A hissing snake requires a firearm??? :rolleyes: Please....what a numbskull!!!
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  • michaelcassio
    michaelcassio Posts: 72
    wow. i live in Norman which is about 5 min. north of Noble and this shit doesnt surprise me. the cops around here are bored and terrible. the man in the article makes a good point:

    "I'm not saying the cop shot him on purpose," he said. "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."
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    remind me to never go to oklahoma for any reason, ever. and that is just because i assume it REALLY sucks there :)
  • pixie-jess
    pixie-jess Posts: 11
    tybird wrote:
    A hissing snake requires a firearm??? :rolleyes: Please....what a numbskull!!!

    was thinking that my self!
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    WoW, that's tragic! It was a stupid mistake, but nevertheless an accident. Imagine trying to live with that on your shoulders. How sad for everyone this has effected :(
  • somebodyelsessky2020
    somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,178
    wow someone that stupid is not only handed a firearm but is hired to protect civilians and getting paid..shooting at a fucking snake in a tree...who the fuck would attempt to shoot at a snake? like it's charging at them and had to be put down before it trampled the whole park..so it was fucking hissing!! step the fuck away for awhile and let the snake go where it needed to go. no the idiot wants to be hero for the day and ends up killing a kid...FUCK!!!
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