Willie Noble, 48, charged with killing Adrian Broadway, 15, after he shot into carload of teen pranksters

Adrian Broadway died early Saturday morning from a gunshot wound to the head.

A man accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl told investigators he fired his pistol because he wanted to scare a carload of teenagers he believed vandalized his vehicle, police said Tuesday.

AP Photo/Pulaski County SheriffPolice said Willie Noble, 48, shot at the carload of teenagers after he found eggs, mayonnaise and toilet paper covering his car Friday night.

Police released an account of the shooting, which they said followed a series of pranks between groups of young people over the weekend in Little Rock, Arkansas. A police spokesman, Lt. Sidney Allen, said the man charged in the shooting is the father of a teenager who was targeted in the exchange of pranks.
Police said Willie Noble, 48, shot at the carload of teenagers after he found eggs, mayonnaise and toilet paper covering his car Friday night. He waited for the teens to return, then fired his gun, police said. Adrian Broadway died early Saturday morning from a gunshot wound to the head.
“Mr. Noble stated that he waited inside because he knew whoever vandalized his vehicle was going to come back. Mr. Noble stated that once they returned [about 45 minutes later], he fired his handgun to scare them,” according to the statement released by police Tuesday.
In the news release, police noted that Noble did not call police before or after the shooting. The driver of the car, a mid-size sedan with seven teens in it, fled to a convenience store where the youths called police. Officers found the driver side of the car pocked with bullet holes. Adrian was in the front passenger seat, and later died at a hospital.

He fired his handgun to scare them

Noble is charged with first-degree murder, five counts of aggravated assault and committing a terroristic act. He’s being held on $1 million bond. Jail records didn’t indicate a pending court date or whether he has an attorney. Inmates generally get an attorney around the time they are arraigned.
The prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that the case file hadn’t yet been sent over by investigators.