--- description: "We are sorry Eric was taken from you" title: Oklahoma Sheriff Offers Apology to Family of Eric Harris image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7274e13bc1b3118b/6987ebda35ba6f2e8ac0af3f/ap889264571349-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oklahoma Sheriff Apologizes to Family of Man Shot By Reserve Deputy by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2015 3:39 PM CUT  Eric Harris (R) poses with his brother Andre in this undated photo. Eric Harris (R) poses with his brother Andre in this undated photo.Andre Harris/Smolen, Smolen & Roytman, PLLC—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2015 3:39 PM CUT An Oklahoma sheriff offered an apology on Monday to the family of Eric Harris, the unarmed man who was shot and killed by a reserve deputy who says he confused his gun for a Taser. “We are sorry Eric was taken from you,” said Sheriff Stanley Glanz of Tulsa County. “My sympathy goes out to that family.” The sheriff said his department was still trying to find all the training records for the reserve deputy, Robert Bates, a 73-year-old former insurance executive who volunteered with the department. But the sheriff told reporters that it was proper for Bates to have… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eric-harris-shooting-sheriff-offers-apology-family-man-killed-reserve-n344876?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3828345/sheriff-apology-eric-harris-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3828345/sheriff-apology-eric-harris-family/"},"headline":"Oklahoma Sheriff Apologizes to Family of Man Shot By Reserve Deputy","datePublished":"2015-04-20T15:39:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:31:17.301Z","description":"\"We are sorry Eric was taken from you\"","url":"https://time.com/3828345/sheriff-apology-eric-harris-family/","keywords":["Crime","Oklahoma","Police Shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7274e13bc1b3118b/6987ebda35ba6f2e8ac0af3f/ap889264571349-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7274e13bc1b3118b/6987ebda35ba6f2e8ac0af3f/ap889264571349-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Eric Harris (R) poses with his brother Andre in this undated photo.","caption":"Eric Harris (R) poses with his brother Andre in this undated photo.","creditText":"Andre Harris/Smolen, Smolen & Roytman, PLLC—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3828345/sheriff-apology-eric-harris-family/","name":"Oklahoma Sheriff Apologizes to Family of Man Shot By Reserve Deputy"}}]}] ```