US EditionFuneral set for Roger Fortson, the Black US Air Force member killed in his home by Florida deputy
- A funeral was held for Roger Fortson, a Black senior airman shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in his Florida home, with Air Force members and others paying their respects at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest.
- The deputy, unnamed, shot Fortson six times in self-defense following a possible domestic violence call, while the family contends the shooting was unjustified, as Fortson was home alone talking to his girlfriend.
- Questions arise around the circumstances of the shooting, with conflicting views on whether it was justified, leading to a debate on the incident's details and consequences.
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Funeral set for Roger Fortson, the Black US Air Force member killed in his home by Florida deputy
Two weeks after the shooting, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has yet to release an incident report, any 911 records or the officer’s identity, despite requests for the information under Florida’s open records act.
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Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior
Funeral set for Roger Fortson, the Black US Air Force member killed in his home by Florida deputy
STONECREST, Ga. (AP) -- A funeral will be held Friday for a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who was shot and killed in his Florida home by a sheriff's deputy, a day after the decorated military member's mother vowed during an emotional news conference to get justice for her son.
Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
STONECREST, Ga. — Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up well before the start of the service at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest to file past the open coffin and say thei…
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