An Oklahoma county will pay $6 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white former sheriff’s reserve deputy, according to court documents filed on …
A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff’s deputy who said he mistook his handgun for his stun gun when he fatally shot an unarmed suspect last year has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter. Jurors handed down the verdict in the case of …
An Oklahoma reserve sheriff’s deputy charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a man who was subdued on the ground has surrendered to authorities. Robert C. Bates of Tulsa is licensed by the state insurance department as a property/casualty …
