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| A second top administrator in the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office resigned Tuesday in ongoing fallout from the shooting death of a restrained man by a volunteer deputy who said he mistook his weapon for a stun gun. The resignation came as results from an autopsy showed that 44-year-old Eric Harris suffered internal bleeding and collapsed lungs after he was shot April 2 by volunteer deputy Robert Bates. Harris' cause of death was a gunshot wound to the right armpit, the Oklahoma medical examiner said in ruling the death a homicide. [...] Maj. Tom Huckeby's resignation from the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office was to take effect on Aug. 1, said Meredith Baker, an attorney for the office ... Huckeby is the father of Michael Huckeby, a sheriff's deputy who was also involved in the sting operation with Bates. A video of the shooting shows the younger Huckeby placing his knee on Harris' head as he lay on the ground after being shot. ... Last month, Tim Albin, the second-ranking official in the sheriff's office, resigned after a leaked 2009 internal investigation showed that Albin and Huckeby knew that Bates was inadequately trained but pressured officers in the department to look the other way. The sheriff's office initially denied the existence of the investigative report, which also noted that some reserve deputies were upset over the special treatment Bates was being given by Huckeby and Albin. On Monday, Maj. Shannon Clark, the sheriff's office chief spokesman, was put on administrative leave with pay, pending a performance evaluation in the wake of the shooting. |
