On Friday, the Okaloosa County, Fla., Sheriff’s Department said that Deputy Eddie Duran was fired following the completion of an administrative internal affairs investigation amid Fortson’s death.
Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son., the Okaloosa County, Fla., Sheriff’s Department said that Deputy Eddie Duran was fired following the completion of an administrative internal affairs investigation amid Fortson’s death, which concluded that Duran's use of deadly force was not"objectively reasonable" and therefore violated agency policy.
Fortson was shot and killed on May 3 during an incident involving the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. According to authorities,Become a KPBS sponsor In a recording Crump played during a news conference on May 16, a police dispatch officer is heard saying that the disturbance involved"a male and a female," information he said came via a fourth-party from the front desk of the apartment complex."You don't try to justify killing a good guy. The Okaloosa Sheriff's Department needs to own up to this. Tell the truth."
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