article_snippet.sent: Video shows Reserve Deputy Robert Bates announcing Reserve Deputy Robert Bates is going to deploy his Taser after an undercover weapons sting on April 2, but then shooting Eric Courtney Harris in the back with a handgun.
article_snippet.sent: After the shooting, Bates told investigators that Bates was "in a state of shock and disbelief" after realizing Bates'd fired Bates gun.
article_snippet.sent: Bates also said Bates believed there was a "strong possibility" that Harris had a gun.
article_snippet.sent: Wood said Monday that Bates is upset over the shooting.
article_snippet.sent: Obviously Bates is very upset about what happened.
article_snippet.sent: Bates feels badly," Bates said.
article_snippet.sent: The incident completely took Bates by surprise.
article_snippet.sent: Bates is TASER-certified, and if you watch the video you know Bates was quite shocked when his gun went off.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities say Bates thought Bates pulled out Bates Taser but "inadvertently" fired his gun.
article_snippet.sent: Jim Clark said Bates was the "victim" of something called "slip and capture," where in a high-stress situation, a person intends to do one thing and instead does something else.