Shooting tops area stories

 
By Jennifer Griswold
Published: January 1, 2008

An accidental police shooting that left a 5-year-old Noble boy dead and a community in mourning topped area news stories in 2007.

Austin Haley was struck by a bullet Aug. 3 while fishing with his grandfather near his home. Noble police officers had responded to a call about a snake in a birdhouse in the neighborhood and tried to kill it by shooting at it.

Local and state investigations into the shooting were la...


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