FORT WALTON BEACH — The Okaloosa County Branch of the NAACP is hosting a community town hall event at the Fort Walton Beach Civic Auditorium with the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was shot and killed by a now-former deputy of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in May. In a news release, Chapter […]
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Dyess airman appears in federal court for child pornography charges
Editor’s note: This news story contains information about alleged child sexual abuse. If you know or suspect that anyone under 18 is being sexually or physically abused, call the Texas child abuse hotline at 1-800-252-5400. To learn more about how to identify signs of child abuse or neglect, click here. A Dyess Air Force Base airman appeared […]
Florida sheriff’s office fires deputy who fatally shot senior airman
A Florida Panhandle 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. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on […]
Florida deputy fired after investigation into his killing of a Black U.S. airman
The Florida deputy responsible for killing a Black U.S. Air Force airman in early May was fired from his job after an investigation found he violated the sheriff’s office policy. On Friday, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced that deputy Eddie Duran was terminated due to the results of an internal affairs investigation. It found […]
Florida Cop Who Shot Black Airman in His Own Home Fired
The Florida deputy who fatally shot Black Air Force member Roger Fortson in Fortson’s own home last month has been removed from his post, the Okaloosa County Sheriff announced Thursday. Eddie Duran, 39, was terminated after an internal investigation found the “use of deadly force was not objectively reasonable and therefore violated agency policy” when […]
Florida deputy who shot Black airman is fired, sheriff says
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A Florida sheriff’s office on Friday fired a deputy who had shot and killed a Black airman with the U.S. Air Force, saying the use of deadly force was not reasonable. That was the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office into the May 3 […]
Florida deputy who fatally shot U.S. airman fired after sheriff’s investigation
The Florida sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a U.S. Air Force airman during a response to report of a disturbance has been fired, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. An internal investigation of the May 3 shooting found Deputy Eddie Duran’s use of deadly force that ended in the death of Senior Airman Roger […]
What to know about airman Roger Fortson’s fatal shooting
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 information released so far hasn’t clarified why the officer was directed to his apartment. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has released the […]
Springfield community honors Airman Trinity Reinhart, veterans who died in line of duty
More than 200 people gathered in Springfield on Memorial Day to honor Airman Trinity Reinhart and others who have died in the line of duty. The Memorial Day service was held near the Women Veterans Memorial at the Springfield Veterans Plaza. Members of the American Legion Post #40, city of Springfield officials and the Willamette […]
Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — 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 […]
‘Acted with impulse, lack of proper training’ Ben Crump addresses body cam footage of U.S. airman killed by deputy
Updates are still coming in regarding Roger Fortson, the airman who was killed in a deputy-involved shooting on Friday, May 3 in Fort Walton Beach. Following the recent release of the body camera footage from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, national civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Fortson family, said the new evidence only supports […]
Lawyer for family of slain airman says Florida deputy call shows he went to wrong apartment
A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson insisted Thursday that the body camera video from the Florida sheriff’s deputy who killed the Black Air Force senior airman and police radio audio support their assertion that the deputy went to the wrong apartment while responding to a domestic disturbance call that day. At a news […]