By Sky News US Team
A 73-year-old reserve deputy has been charged with manslaughter for shooting dead a man in an alleged mix-up with his Taser.
Robert Bates shot 44-year-old Eric Harris on 2 April while assisting officers in a pursuit of the convicted felon.
Police said Bates thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired at Harris while officers attempted to restrain him.
Prosecutors in Oklahoma filed second-degree manslaughter charges against the reserve deputy.
The charge involves "culpable negligence", Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement.
Oklahoma law defines culpable negligence as "the omission to do something which a reasonably careful person would do, or the lack of the usual ordinary care and caution in the performance of an act usually and ordinarily exercised by a person under similar circumstances and conditions," Mr Kunzweiler said.
An attorney for Bates did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
At the weekend, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office released footage of the incident that was captured by an officer's body camera.
In it, Harris can be seen attempting to flee police before he is tackled to the pavement.
As officers attempt to hold him down, a gunshot is heard, followed by a man purported to be Bates saying, "Oh, I shot him. I'm sorry."
The sheriff's office said Bates dropped the weapon as he fired because he was not expecting it to recoil.
The body cam footage showed someone picking the handgun up off the ground seconds after the shot was fired.
Harris, who was wanted by police for allegedly trying to sell illegal guns to undercover officers, later died in hospital.
The shooting drew comparisons to other police-involved shootings that have sparked national debate of police tactics.
A former police officer in South Carolina is charged with murder for shooting dead a man as he attempted to flee arrest.
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