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Deputy who mistook gun for taser charged with manslaughter (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

The Tulsa County Sheriff initially stood behind the deputy's actions and called the shooting an accident, but the District Attorney determined that Eric Harris died due to the deputy's “culpable negligence.”

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