FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge allowed bond Thursday for a Florida sheriff's deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a
Candles and framed photos of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman who was fatally shot by a Fla. sheriff's deputy on May 3, 2024, sit on Friday, Aug. 23, in the doorway of the apartment where he was killed in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. 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 had been ordered held pending Thursday’s pretrial detention hearing despite arguments Tuesday from his lawyer, who said there’s no reason to jail him. Duran was responding to a report of a physical fight inside an apartment at the Fort Walton Beach complex. A worker there identified Fortson’s apartment as the location, according to sheriff’s investigators. At the time, Fortson was alone in his apartment, talking with his girlfriend in a FaceTime video call that recorded audio of the encounter. Duran’s body camera video showed what happened next.
The fatal shooting of the airman from Georgia was one of a growing list of killings of Black people by law enforcement in their own homes, and it also renewed debate over Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Fortson’s family, friends and others at his funeral.
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