Funeral set for Roger Fortson, the Black US Air Force member killed in his home by Florida deputy

A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson said Thursday that the bodycam footage and police radio traffic from right after the shooting reinforce their assertion that the deputy was directed to the wrong apartment.A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson said Thursday that the bodycam footage and police radio traffic from right after the shooting reinforce their assertion that the deputy was directed to the wrong apartment.

The airman’s mother, Meka Fortson, spoke glowingly about how her son was always on a positive path and had never been in trouble or shown signs of violence. The Fortson family and their attorney, Ben Crump, argue the shooting was completely unjustified, saying Roger Fortson was home alone at the time FaceTiming with his girlfriend and that the deputy had gone to the wrong unit.

Police radio traffic played at the news conference Thursday bolsters the family’s contention that the deputy may have gone to the wrong apartment. In the recording, a dispatcher said all they know about the location of the disturbance was “fourth-party information.” The bodycam video shows the deputy arriving at a Fort Walton Beach apartment building and speaking to a woman outside who described hearing an argument. The deputy then went up an elevator and walked down an outdoor hallway.

Fortson was talking to his girlfriend on FaceTime and grabbed his gun because he heard someone outside his apartment, Crump said. The deputy then burst into the apartment, he said, citing the account of the girlfriend, who has not yet been identified.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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