`` I rate this as No . 1 on my list of things in my life that I regret , '' Robert Bates tells `` Today '' He says he did n't mean to kill Eric Harris and rejects claims his training records were forged . The Texas Department of Public Safety said it is investigating the death of a man who was shot by police after an hours-long standoff with officers at a suburban Houston apartment complex.
`` I rate this as No . 1 on my list of things in my life that I regret , '' Robert Bates tells `` Today '' He says he did n't mean to kill Eric Harris and rejects claims his training records were forged . `` I still ca n't believe it happened , '' Bates tells the NBC show .