Hung jury declared in Taft High shooting case

A mistrial was declared Tuesday afternoon in the case of Bryan Oliver, the student who admitted shooting one classmate and trying to shoot another at Taft High School two years ago.

Oliver was charged with two counts of attempted murder for the January 2013 shooting that wounded classmate Bowe Cleveland but jurors were offered the option of considering the lesser charge of attempted voluntary manslaughter.

Deliberations began Wednesday. Jurors met for about six hours a day before de