article_snippet.sent: (CNN)A Tulsa County reserve deputy is on administrative leave after "inadvertently" shooting a suspect with he gun.
article_snippet.sent: Police say Robert (Bob) Bates, 73,  thought he pulled out his Taser his Taser during an arrest, but instead shot the suspect, who later died at a local hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Bates, a member of the task force, was part of a group of deputies trying to arrest Eric Courtney Harris, 44, in the parking lot of a Dollar General store.
article_snippet.sent: It was during this portion of the arrest that police say "the reserve deputy was attempting to use less lethal force, believing "the reserve deputy was utilizing a Taser, when "the reserve deputy inadvertently discharged "the reserve deputy service weapon, firing one round which struck he.
article_snippet.sent: Deputy Robert Bates, who's been placed on administrative leave during the investigation, received "The suspect reserve status from the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in 2008 and was assigned to the violent crime task force.
article_snippet.sent: The suspect had also served as a Tulsa Police officer.
highlights_snippet.sent: Police say Robert Bates, 73,  thought he pulled out he Taser during an arrest .
  