US EditionLawsuit planned over Florida deputy’s shooting of US airman who was killed in his own home
- Civil rights attorney Ben Crump plans to file a lawsuit concerning the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Airman Roger Fortson in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, which occurred in May 2024.
- The lawsuit follows former deputy Eddie Duran fatally shooting Fortson at his apartment door after responding to a false domestic disturbance report.
- Fortson opened the door holding a handgun pointed down, and Duran fired multiple times despite being told to drop the gun, with an internal probe finding no threat to Duran's life.
- Crump, recognized for representing cases involving Black individuals harmed by police, asserts that the lawsuit will argue Duran employed unconstitutional and disproportionate lethal force, highlighting deficiencies in training and misleading evidence from the apartment complex.
- The case, now in pretrial phase with a May 20 hearing, has intensified debate over Florida's "stand your ground" law and police accountability in Black home shootings.
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Family Sues Florida Deputy over Killing of U.S. Airman Roger Fortson in His Own Home
In Florida, the family of 23-year-old Roger Fortson, an Air Force member killed by a sheriff’s deputy inside his own home in 2024, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. The suit alleges deputy Eddie Duran used excessive and unconstitutional deadly force when he shot Fortson just seconds after he answered the door of his own apartment. Fortson’s family said police arrived at the wrong home and that Fortson grabbed his legal firearm as a preca…
Lawsuit filed in police killing of U.S. airman Roger Fortson
Photo: U.S. Air Force The family of Roger Fortson, a senior airman who was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. On Tuesday (March 6), Fortson’s family filed the complaint in a Pensacola courthouse, alleging that Okaloosa sheriff’s deputy Eddie Duran used excessive force when he fatally … Continued
Sheriff Sued For Airman's Wrongful Death, Deputy Criminally Charged
Mom Of Slain Airman From GA Sues Sheriff Over Death - East Atlanta, GA - The Florida deputy accused of entering the wrong apartment and fatally shooting an airman from metro Atlanta faces a manslaughter charge.
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