Six months after a Southwestern Regional police officer shot a handcuffed man in a police car at a bank in Spring Grove, the officer has been charged, according to court documents.

On May 30, officer Stuart Lee Harrison, 56, of the 6100 block of Thoman Drive, Spring Grove, was dispatched at about 4:50 p.m. for a report of an unruly subject, according to an affidavit filed with District Judge Thomas Reilly.

Harrison arrived to the scene at Santander Bank in the first block of West Hanover Street and spoke with the bank manager, who said Ryan Smith, 32, of Jackson Township, was demanding to take money from his account but did not have identification.

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Harrison, who has been employed with Southwestern Regional Police Department since January 2003, tried to peacefully escort Smith outside, but he refused.

Harrison had to deploy his taser, but it was ineffective. He gave Smith verbal commands, but Smith did not comply, the affidavit states.

Smith was struck with a second taser deployment, which was also ineffective, and Harrison called for back up.

Officer Michael Matthews arrived, and both officers were able to take Smith to the ground, but he still was not complying. Matthews then tased Smith in the back, and they were able to handcuff Smith, police said in the affidavit.

Video evidence from a cellphone inside the bank showed the officers attempted to tase Smith five times before they removed him from the bank.

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Smith was then escorted to the back of a police vehicle, but he refused to get in.

Both officers could not get Smith into the vehicle, so Harrison decided he would drive stun Smith in the thigh hoping that would buckle Smith's leg, allowing the officers to get him into their vehicle.

Harrison — a certified firearms instructor and taser instructor for Southwestern Regional — said he then placed what he thought was his taser against Smith's thigh and pulled the trigger. He said as soon as he heard the sound, he knew it wasn't his taser, the affidavit states.

He holstered his gun and said it was not his intent to use his gun.

Harrison said after the gunshot, Smith sat in the police car and asked him, "Dude, why'd you shoot me?"

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Harrison then called York County Control and requested emergency medical services for Smith. Harrison gave a first-aid kit to Matthews to hold pressure on Smith's gunshot wound, the affidavit states.

Investigators interviewed Matthews on June 5, and he gave the same sequence of events as Harrison. He said once Smith was shot, he assessed the wound and rendered medical assistance.

Harrison was charged with simple assault, a second degree misdemeanor. He is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing, according to online court documents.

"In reference to these charges, we are disappointed that this review will be in a criminal courtroom," Southwestern Regional Police Chief Gregory Bean said in an email. "The officer has received departmental discipline, which resulted in substantial monetary penalties and other types of penalties have already, or will occur, including civil court proceedings.

"Our department trusts in the criminal justice system. We hope that at the conclusion of this review process, the outcome is positive for all involved."

Harrison was put on paid leave on May 30. He served a nearly 30-day suspension without pay during that time and has received departmental discipline.

He will be on administrative leave of absence without pay until further notice, Bean said.

Harrison's attorney, Ed Paskey, has not yet seen copies of the charging documents, so he said he can not comment specifically on them, but he has been involved in this matter within minutes of it occurring.

"This was purely an accident resulting from multiple, external distractions faced by both officers at the scene," Paskey said.

Witnesses recount shooting

The day of the shooting, investigators interviewed Smith's mother, Christine Smith, who said her son was just released from the hospital the day before and seemed to be very confused.

She said he was under the impression that he had a bank account and he told her he was going to go take out some money. She said he left the house against her wishes, the affidavit states.

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She also said that she went around looking for her son and found him with two police officers trying to put him in their police car.

She heard a loud bang and realized her son had been shot.

Smith's mother said she yelled, "You shot my son!" and she said a bald police officer replied, "I didn't mean to," police said in the affidavit.

The day of the shooting, Amanda Cozio had just arrived to the bank for her job as a cleaner.

Cozio said she saw two officers bring a handcuffed man out of the bank and a woman in the parking lot yelling, "That's my son; he's not in the right state of mind."

She said Smith was placed in the back of a Southwestern Regional Police car, but with his legs out and his feet on the ground. The car's rear door was open, she said.

"And they shot him," Cozio said in an interview with the York Daily Record. "They shot him in the back of the car ... while he was sitting down in the back of the cruiser ... I don't understand how this could happen."

Smith pleads guilty to two charges

Smith pleaded guilty to defiant trespassing and disorderly conduct. Both charges are misdemeanors.

His disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges were dropped.

Smith was sentenced to 12 months of probation and has to continue mental health treatment.