FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A judge allowed bond Thursday for a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a U.S. Air Force senior airman at the Black man’s apartment door. Duran’s body camera recorded him shooting 23-year-old Roger Fortson on May 3 immediately after Fortson opened the door while holding a handgun pointed at …
This image taken from video provided by the First Judicial Circuit of Florida shows Eddie Duran in a holding room separate from court in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. A judge denied bond on Tuesday for a fired deputy in the shooting of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun …
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was charged with manslaughter with a firearm, launching a rarely seen criminal case against a Florida law officer after a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman was killed after answering his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged in …
Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was killed after opening the door to his apartment. Authorities say Duran had been directed to Fortson’s apartment in Fort Walton Beach in response to a domestic disturbance report that turned out to be false. Duran met an apartment manager who directed him to Fortson’s fourth-floor unit, telling him there had been frequent arguments, the …
