The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, April 14, 2015 — 5 GERRY BROOME)/AP A North Carolina State Highway patrolman walks the grounds on campus following a shooting at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, N.C., Monday, April 13, 2015. Manhunt begins for former student in campus shooting Officer says he mistakenly used handgun to stop fleeing suspect OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors charged a reserve sheriff’s deputy with manslaugh- ter Monday in the death of a man who was fatally shot as he lay on the ground at the officer’s feet — a shooting that was certain to raise questions about the use of volun- teer officers to supplement full- time police. The sheriff’s office has said Robert Bates, a 73-year-old insurance executive who was volunteering on an undercover operation in Tulsa, mistakenly pulled out his handgun instead of his stun gun and shot the suspect as he struggled with deputies. Bates, who is white, was charged with second-degree manslaughter involving “cul- pable negligence” for the April 2 death of Eric Harris, a 44-year- old black man. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison. It was the latest fatal shooting by a police officer to draw national attention after months of investiga- tions and protests of other deaths in Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, Los Angeles and other else- where. A video of the incident shot by a deputy with a sunglass camera and released Friday at the request of the victim’s family, shows a dep- uty chase and tackle Harris, whom they said tried to sell an illegal gun to an undercover officer. As the deputy subdues Harris on the ground, a gunshot rings out and a man says: “Oh, I shot him. I’m sorry.” Harris screams: “He shot me. Oh, my God,” and a deputy replies: “You f---ing ran. Shut the f--- up.” When Harris says he’s losing his breath, a deputy replies, “F--- your breath.” Harris was treated by medics at the scene and died in a Tulsa hos- pital. The family said in a statement that it was “saddened, shocked, confused and disturbed.” “Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of all of this is the inhu- mane and malicious treatment of Eric after he was shot,” the fam- ily wrote. “These deputies treated Eric as less than human. They treated Eric as if his life had no value.” At a news conference on Mon- day, Andre Harris, the victim’s brother, said he does not believe the shooting was racially motivated. Oklahoma law defines culpable negligence as “the omission to do something which a reasonably careful person would do, or the lack of the usual ordinary care and caution in the performance of an act usually and ordinar- ily exercised by a person under similar circumstances and con- ditions,” Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement. A telephone message left Monday with Bates’ attorney, Scott Woods, was not immedi- ately returned. Tulsa Police Sgt. Jim Clark, who investigated the shooting as an independent consultant at the request of the sheriff’s office, concluded that Bates had been so engrossed in the stress of the moment that he did not think clearly about what he had in his hand. The use of reserve officers is commonplace across Oklahoma and much of the nation. Cities and counties often turn to them for extra manpower because Oklahoma cop faces charges Officers barracade driveway leading to suspect’s home GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A 20-year-old former commu- nity college student fatally shot a campus print shop director that had recently fired him, just as his old boss arrived for work Mon- day morning, school officials and authorities said. A manhunt was underway for the suspect, Kenneth Morgan Stancil III. Authorities are pursu- ing him on an open count of mur- der, Wayne County Sheriff Larry Pierce said. Authorities believe Stancil has left the area but is still in North Carolina. They have not released a motive for the shooting. Stancil entered a large Wayne Community College building around 8 a.m. with a rifle and went to the third-floor print shop, per- haps using a back staircase so he would go unnoticed, authorities and school officials said. Stan- cil’s former work-study boss, Ron Lane, was killed in the print shop. He had worked at the school for 18 years. The shooting frightened stu- dents and the campus was put on lockdown as officers stormed the building. First-year student Jovaun Wil- liams, 24, told The Associated Press that he was climbing a stair- case inside the building and had almost reached the second floor when he heard a single muffled pop. He recognized the sound as a gunshot, similar to the kind he heard growing up in a tough neighborhood near Long Beach, California. He didn’t know where it came from. “You hear a shot and my big- gest things is, get out of there,” he said. “It definitely wasn’t where I was at, so that was good enough for me.” By the time he walked back downstairs, he saw police offi- cers running into the building with their guns drawn. The building, the Wayne Learning Center, houses the cafeteria and library, among other things, school spokeswoman Tara Humphries said. Stancil was a third-year student at the college but it wasn’t immedi- ately clear when he last attended. Goldsboro city spokeswoman Kim Best said he was let go recently, but she didn’t say when. Police are using helicopters and dogs to search for him. Authori- ties weren’t sure how he left cam- pus, including whether he left in a vehicle. At one point, authorities thought they had cornered the shooter in a restroom and fired tear gas into it, only to find that it was not Stancil in the bathroom, Effler said. Authorities have described Stancil as a white man, about 5-foot-11, with a goatee and a tat- too around his left eye and on his neck. Sheriff’s deputies blocked the driveway to the white mobile home listed as the residence Stan- cil shared with his mother and two younger brothers. A next-door neighbor on the road lined with brick ranch homes, Barbara Williams, said Stancil’s grandparents lived on the other side of the mobile home, where they operated an assisted living home. A sign in the front yard said “Stancil Family Care Home.” An elderly man with a cane who came to the front door declined comment to an AP reporter. DAMIAN DOVARGANES)/AP Members of the board committee of the Metropolitan Water District, MWD moved forwards on a proposal that would cut regional water deliveries by 15 percent beginning this summer, during a meeting in Los Angeles on Monday, April 13, 2015. California water suppliers to reduce delivery amounts Officials propose to cut regional delivery by fifteen perecent LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of California’s largest water wholesalers moved forward Monday on a plan to reduce the amount of water it delivers to more than two dozen cities and agencies serving 19 million people amid the lengthening drought. If approved by the board of the Metropolitan Water Dis- trict of Southern California on Tuesday, regional water deliv- eries would be cut by 15 percent beginning in July. The district serves parts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. The effects of the cuts would vary between local water dis- tricts. Places that have done a poor job of conserving would have to crack down on outdoor watering and take other con- servation measures and boost water rates to avoid paying a high price for extra water. Several committee members wanted a deeper cut in deliv- eries — 20 percent — but were outvoted by others who feared it could hurt the economy. Businesses “could be scram- bling for the hills” if the reduc- tion was steeper, said Michael Touhey, who represents the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. California is enduring a fourth year of parched condi- tions, prompting Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month to call for a mandatory 25 percent cut in urban water use compared with 2013 levels. To meet Brown’s goal, the State Water Resources Control Board released draft reduction targets for more than 400 water agencies that must cut their water use by anywhere from 10 percent to 35 percent. The targets are based on per-capita water use. MWD’s general manager Jeffrey Kightlinger said lim- iting water supplies to mem- ber agencies is necessary to meet demand and stretch storage reserves, which cur- rently stand at about 1.2 mil- lion acre-feet, less than half of what was in storage at the end of 2012. MWD officials said the proposed water delivery restrictions — along with con- servation, rebate programs and other tools — could help local water districts meet the gover- nor’s goal. The cuts would stay in effect for a year. The agency noted that it has a proven record of aggressive water conservation. Per capita water use in Southern Califor- nia has declined by about 24 percent since 1990, even as the region’s population grew by 5 million, and it has spent $750 million over 25 years on water use efficiency. Last year, MWD delivered 2.1 million acre-feet of water and will supply 300,000 acre-feet less this year under the pro- posal. An acre-foot is enough to cover a football field with a foot of water or meet the annual needs of about two households. Cities that need more water would have to pay a penalty — up to four times the normal price — for extra deliveries. The proposed tightening of water supplies comes as state surveyors earlier this month found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry objects to decision MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Monday sanc- tioned the delivery of a highly capable Russian air defense mis- sile system to Iran, a game chang- er move that would significantly bolster the Islamic republic’s mili- tary capability and fuel Israel’s concerns. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry objected to Moscow’s deci- sion in a phone call to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and the White House indicated the move could endanger plans to ultimately lift sanctions on Iran as part of a proposed nuclear deal. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said unity and coor- dination with nations like Rus- sia is critical to the success of the negotiations. Washington has said Moscow played a constructive role in the Iranian nuclear talks, despite sharp differences between Russia and the West over Ukraine. Putin’s move was quickly wel- comed by Tehran, while it worried Israel, which saw it as a sign that Iran already had begun to cash in on the emerging nuclear deal with world powers that is expected to be finalized by the end of June. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the missile system could be shipped to Iran at any moment. Russia signed the $800 mil- lion contract to sell Iran the S-300 missile system in 2007, but sus- pended their delivery three years later because of strong objections from the United States and Israel. Putin on Monday lifted that ban. The preliminary agreement on settling the Iranian nuclear stand- off struck earlier this month made the 2010 Russian ban unneces- sary, Lavrov said in a televised statement. The framework agreement reached by Iran and six world powers is intended to significant- ly restrict its ability to produce nuclear weapons while giving it relief from international sanc- tions. The agreement is supposed to be finalized by June 30, and there is no firm agreement yet on how or when to lift the interna- tional sanctions on Iran. The S-300 missile system, which has a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) and the capability to track down and strike multiple targets simul- taneously, is one of the most potent air defense weapons in the world. “The S-300 is exclusively a defensive weapon, which can’t serve offensive purposes and will not jeopardize the security of any country, including, of course, Israel,” Lavrov said. Putin lifts sanctions on weapon sales to Iran