The family of the U.S. Air Force airman shot and killed by a deputy in Florida says he was devoted to improving the lives of a younger sister, brother and his mom By Associated Press | May 9, 2024, at 7:01 p.m. Save More Airman Shot by Deputy D...
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...
The mother of an Air Force airman who wasshot and killedby a Florida sheriff's deputy last month said at a press conference Monday morning that she wants the deputy criminally charged. Eddie Duran, the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office deputy who shot Senior ...
Bodycam footage shows deputy shot airman seconds after opening door Family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson "remain adamant" that an Okaloosa County Sherriff's deputy had the wrong apartment when he was shot and killed May 3. ByCourtney Mabeus-Brown “I don’t even know...
A Nevada Air National Guardsman, who was shot and killed by a student at the middle school where he taught, has been praised as a hero. Witnesses said Master Sgt. Michael Landsberry, a former Marine, was trying to stop the 12-year-old gunman on the grounds of Sparks (Nev.) Middle ...
Dozens of Air Force members came together at a suburban Atlanta church Fridaywith the family and friendsof Senior Airman Roger Fortson to honor the serviceman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home by a sheriff's deputy on May 3. ...
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. ByCourtney Mabeus-Brown Fortson, 23, was shot six times, said Crump, who attributed his account of the shooting to the woman...
Fortson’s death recalls other Black people killed in recent years by police in their homes. In 2018, a white Dallas police officer fatally shot Botham Jean, who was unarmed, after mistaking his apartment for her own. Amber Guyger, the former officer, wa...
Police say 46-year-old Brian Perkins shot and killed 24-year-old Abigail Smith and 44-year-old Michael Tolar before turning the gun on himself.
A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson says the bodycam footage of the Florida sheriff’s deputy who killed the Black U.S.