The defendant was trained to be a patrolman in 1964 but left in 1965. He was out of law enforcement for 35 years.

A volunteer law enforcement officer charged with manslaughter over the shooting death of a man who was subdued on the ground has surrendered to authorities.

Prosecutors have charged a volunteer law enforcement officer over the death of a man who was shot dead as he lay on the ground at the officer’s feet.

Police say a white reserve police officer thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he shot dead a black suspect during an arrest that was caught on video in Tulsa, Oklahoma.