Police Shoot 5-Year Old Boy While Shooting at Snake

It is reported in Noble, OK, a 5-year old boy named Austin Haley was fishing with his grandfather, Jack Tracy, when Tracy heard a bullet hit the water a few feet in front of the boat dock where they were standing. Moments later a second shot was fired that hit the child in the head. The police office responsible for the shot was trying to shoot a snake that officers were trying to get out of a tree.

After the incident Tracy put the boy in the back a 4-wheeler and drove to his daughter’s house nearby. When the officers came by the house they didn’t admit that they were the ones who had accidentally shot the boy. The boy was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead.

The officer suspected of firing the shots has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. The situation is going to be fully investigated.

Beheaded Snake Sends Man to Hospital

It is reported in Prosser, Washington that a man named Danny Anderson was feeding his horses when he found a 5-foot rattle snake on his property. He and his son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. When Danny bent down and picked up the head of the beheaded snake, it rose around and bit his finger. He had to shake his hand very hard to get it to let go.

By the time he arrived at Prosser Memorial Hospital, his tongue was swollen and the venom was already spreading. He was taken by ambulance to a Richland hospital to get the six shots he needed.

It is reported that the area where Anderson lives is near a prime snake habitat. Instead of picking up the snake head he should have buried it where it was.