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.