Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday.

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Florida deputies who fatally shot U.S. airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says

A civil rights attorney says deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun

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Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says

Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man's family said Wednesday.

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By David Fischer | The Associated Press This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. The Air

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Roger Fortson, an active-duty airman was killed by police in Florida last Friday, and his attorney says police may have entered the wrong apartment.

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US airman Roger Fortson killed by deputies who may have hit wrong home, Ben Crump says

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A Florida sheriff’s office publicly released bodycam footage from a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home last week, and disputed claims from the victim’s family that the deputy had gone to the wrong apartment.

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Florida sheriff releases bodycam video of airman fatally shot in apartment, disputes family’s claim deputy went to wrong unit

By DAVID FISCHER
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A civil rights attorney says deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun. Air Force officials say Senior Airman Roger Fortson died Friday at his off-base residence in Fort Walton Beach. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy respon…

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By DAVID FISCHER
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was in his off-base apartment in Fort Walton Beach w…

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Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was in his off-base apartment in Fort Walton Beach when the shooting happened on May 3.

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