The family of the U.S. Air Force airman shot and killed by a deputy says he was devoted to improving the lives of a younger sister, brother and his mom.
Body camera video has been released after Senior Airman Roger Fortson was killed last week inside his own home in Florida. Fortson armed himself before answering the door. His family says the sheriff's deputy who shot him was at the wrong apartment.
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.
The U.S. Air Force said an airman based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, was shot and killed during an incident involving a sheriff's deputy. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died at his off-base residence, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement released Mond...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just two days before a sheriff's deputy in Florida shot him dead, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson called home to find out what his 10-year-old sister wanted for her birthday.
Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot and killed by an Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy at his off-base residence following a disturbance call May 3, 2024.
Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff's deputy May 3, 2024, at his off-base residence near Hurlburt Field, Florida. (Air Force) Senior Airman Roger Fortson was home alone in his off-base apartment causing no trouble and FaceTiming with a w...
Bodycam video shows a Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman in his apartment.
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A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot an airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.