New Development in Case of Florida Deputy Accused of Fatally Shooting US Airman in His Own Home

New Development in Case of Florida Deputy Accused of Fatally Shooting US Airman in His Own Home

The family of Roger Fortson, the Black Air Force airman who was shot and killed by a Florida police officer, is taking new steps to get justice for their loved one. Now, the officer in question is facing more trouble than a potential criminal charge. All of the tension stems from one question, was the officer even…Read more...

Fired deputy sued for killing US airman who answered door with gun pointed at ground

The family of a U.S. Air Force airman has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot the serviceman as he answered his front door while holding a legally owned firearm pointed toward the ground. Fired deputy sued for killing US airman who answered door with gun pointed at ground The incident occurred in November 2022 when Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, stationed at Hurlburt Field, responde…

On May 3, 2024, Roger Fortson was on video call to his girlfriend when they knocked on the door of his house. Fortson, a 23-year-old Black man, was a senior American Air Force aviator who was serving in the state of Florida. Okaloosa County police officer Eddie Duran had come to the apartment complex where the young man lived in response to a call alerting about an alleged domestic disturbance on the site. A compound employee took him to Fortson…

Family sues over deputy’s killing of Black airman

The family of a U.S. airman who was shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy inside his own home sued the deputy, the sheriff and the owner of the airman’s apartment

Family Sues Over Florida Deputy’s Killing Of US Airman Roger Fortson

Candles and framed photos of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman who was fatally shot by a Fla. sheriff's deputy on May 3, 2024, sit in the doorway of the apartment where he was killed in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Aug. 23.(Kate Payne / AP Photo) Friends and family of Roger Fortson watch as his casket leaves for the cemetery at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on May 17, 2024, in Stonecrest, Ga.(Brynn Anderson / AP Photo) By Kate P…