article_snippet.sent: Jim Clark, who has been brought in to review the case, said Tulsa County Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, "inadvertently" shot Eric Courtney Harris after Harris -- a possibly PCP-addled felon who had days prior sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer -- ran from authorities after trying to sell an illegal handgun during an undercover sting.
article_snippet.sent: As deputies tried to handcuff Harris, Bates arrived with a pepper spray gun in hand.
article_snippet.sent: Bates warned Bates fellow deputies Bates was going to use a Taser on a suspect, but instead, Bates fired a single gunshot -- and immediately apologized, Clark said, citing a recently released video.
article_snippet.sent: Bates announced that Bates was going to deploy Bates Taser, and Bates pulled the trigger only once, as Bates was trained to do, Clark said.
article_snippet.sent: Police are trained to "double-tap" when firing Police handguns, Bates said.
article_snippet.sent: The gun jumped out of Bates hand because Bates wasn't expecting recoil, Clark said, and Bates expressed surprise and remorse that Bates had shot Harris.
article_snippet.sent: Under time pressure to address a perceived threat, Bates intention to draw Bates Taser slipped off Bates agenda, so to speak, when his agenda was captured and completed by a more well-rehearsed motor program. ...
article_snippet.sent: Bates was not conscious of this unfortunate switch until after the shot was fired.
article_snippet.sent: In Bates urgency, Bates concentration was focused exclusively on Harris back, where Bates intended to place the Taser darts.
article_snippet.sent: Because of what's called 'inattentional blindness,' meaning that Bates wasn't consciously paying attention to and registering it, Bates wouldn't have been aware that the feel of the gun was different from that of his Taser.
article_snippet.sent: Bates', was placed on administrative leave after the shooting, the sheriff's office has said.