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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
9 May 2024
Associated Press


NextImg:Attorney, family of Black airman fatally shot by Florida deputies say he was a patriot

The family of a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot by deputies who burst into his apartment in the Florida Panhandle say they want to correct a false narrative put forth by authorities about his death. The family of Senior Airmen Roger Fortson planned to view body camera video later in the day. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing the family. He says Fortson did not know it was sheriff’s deputies who were breaking into his apartment and that he grabbed his “legally owned firearm” to protect himself. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office planned to hold a news conference later Thursday afternoon.

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