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  2. Killing of Roger Fortson - Wikipedia

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    On May 4, 2024, the Okaloosa County's Sheriff's Office said that the shooting occurred at an apartment after a sheriff's deputy responded to a call of a "disturbance in progress": "Hearing sounds of a disturbance, [the sheriff's deputy] reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun and after the deputy had identified himself as law enforcement."

  3. Ex-Florida deputy jailed in shooting death of a Black U.S ...

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    A former Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy fired in the killing of Roger Fortson, a Black U.S. Air Force airman, is now facing a homicide charge months after his murder in May.

  4. 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 on Friday, Aug. 23, in the doorway of the apartment ...

  5. Fired sheriff’s deputy charged in killing of airman acted ...

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    Duran, 38, shot Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson multiple times on May 3, moments after Fortson, 23, opened the door of his Fort Walton Beach apartment. Fortson, who was home alone, was ...

  6. Experts say gun alone doesn't justify deadly force in fatal ...

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    On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a complaint about ...

  7. Former deputy charged with manslaughter in death of airman ...

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    The Florida state attorney has filed charges against former deputy Eddie Duran in the shooting death of United States Air Force Sr. Airman Roger Fortson who was killed in his own home. Duran was ...

  8. Black airman shot to death by a Florida deputy who blitzed ...

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    On May 3, 23-year-old Roger Fortson was shot and killed in his Fort Walton Beach apartment by deputy with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department in Florida’s Panhandle

  9. Everything we know about the fatal shooting of Roger Fortson ...

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    The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff’s deputy when the Air Force senior airman opened his door armed with a handgun pointed down happened almost a month ago, but the ...