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Published: August 8, 2007
Snake was no rattler
By Jennifer Griswold
NOBLE — A police bullet that killed a small boy last week had been aimed at a black rat snake, a Norman animal control officer said Tuesday.

After the shooting on Friday that killed Austin Haley , 5, Norman's animal control department was called to collect and store the dead snake, Noble City Manager Bob Wade said.

Noble doesn't have an animal control officer, he said.

The snake has been frozen and s...

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