Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Airman Roger Fortson

The airman, Roger Fortson, had answered a knock at his home in Fort Walton Beach while holding a gun, and was shot within seconds. A Florida jury cleared the former deputy, Eddie Duran.

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Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Airman Roger Fortson

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Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Airman Roger Fortson

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Florida jury finds ex-sheriff’s deputy not guilty in shooting death of Black air force airman

Roger Fortson was shot by deputy when he opened door with gun in hand after a false domestic disturbance call A Florida jury recently found former sheriff’s deputy Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of Roger Fortson, a Black US air force airman who was killed inside his apartment after authorities responded to an unfounded report of a domestic disturbance. An Okaloosa county…

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