Ex-reserve drew pistol, stun gun weeks before fatal shooting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this July 13, 2015, file photo, Robert Bates arrives for his arraignment in Tulsa, Okla. The former Oklahoma volunteer deputy is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. Video released by an Oklahoma sheriff's office shows Bates pointing a stun gun at a suspected drug dealer and briefly drawing his firearm just weeks before he fatally shot an unarmed man. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) (The Associated Press)
Video released by an Oklahoma sheriff's office shows an ex-volunteer deputy pointing a stun gun at a suspect weeks before he fatally shot an unarmed man.
The video recorded by Tulsa County sheriff's deputies shows Robert Bates drawing the weapon on a man lying on the ground in March 2015.
It also shows Bates briefly drawing his firearm before re-holstering it as a deputy yells "stop, stop." It's unclear where Bates was aiming the gun. The sheriff's office said Friday the deputy was only yelling at Bates to be quiet.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Three weeks later, Bates fatally shot Eric Harris while working with deputies. Bates has said he mistook his firearm for his stun gun. He's charged with second-degree manslaughter.
The video, first reported by The Frontier and KOTV-TV, was released by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.