article_snippet.sent: Bates, who was a volunteer deputy, shot dead Eric Harris, 44, after Undersheriff Tim Albin, of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma was tackled to the ground.
article_snippet.sent: Video of the killing shows reserve deputy Robert Bates exclaiming that reserve deputy Robert Bates opened fired by accident, and apologizing.
article_snippet.sent: reserve deputy Robert Bates, a millionaire insurance broker, had made substantial donations to the sheriff's department in previous years.
article_snippet.sent: Charged: Bates, 73, (left) accidentally grabbed Undersheriff Tim Albin pistol and killed Eric Harris (right, in a previous mug shot) in what Undersheriff Tim Albin said was an accident . '
article_snippet.sent: An image shows a Taser and a handgun similar to the weapons Bates was carrying.
article_snippet.sent: A little more than five years later, 44-year-old Eric Harris was shot while on the ground in custody after running from deputies following a sting operation.
article_snippet.sent: Bates has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree manslaughter.
article_snippet.sent: white and 44-year-old Eric Harris was black, but the victim's brother has said the victim's brother doesn't believe the shooting was racially motivated.
highlights_snippet.sent: Follows killing of suspect Eric Harris, 44, by reserve deputy Robert Bates .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: reserve deputy Robert Bates claims reserve deputy Robert Bates shot Harris by accident and meant to use reserve deputy Robert Bates Taser .