- A former reserve deputy in Oklahoma who said he mistook his gun for his Taser when he shot and killed a suspect has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter. Robert Bates, 74, was a volunteer with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office when he killed Eric Harris during a sting operation http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/28/476019878/ex-reserve-deputy-who-confused-gun-with-taser-killing-suspect-is-convicted 8 comments politics
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