In a news conference, attorneys representing the 23-year-old airman's family expressed concern that the investigation into his May shooting death is taking longer than expected.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, seen in a 2019 photo, was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May.in May, is demanding that charges be filed against the law enforcement officer. The deputy, who has since been fired, shot Fortson six times.
Roger Fortson"spent his career, his life, protecting his country. He deserves to be honored and protected like he protected us," she said."Why is it taking this long? It shouldn't be taking this long. My brother was murdered. He killed him for existing." Fortson was shot and killed on May 3 during an incident involving the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. According to authorities,Fortson was alone in his apartment and on FaceTime with his girlfriend when a deputy, later identified as Duran, approached his door, his family's lawyers told NPR.
after encountering an"armed man." An investigation led by Florida's Department of Law Enforcement is ongoing, and the state attorney's office will determine if further action is taken.on May 31 that Duran was fired following the completion of a internal affairs investigation. "He was one of our gifted students," said Fortson's former principal, Loukisha Walker, of Ronald E. McNair High School.
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