The mother of a U.S. Air Force airman from Georgia shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy nearly two years ago says she doesn’t want people to forget about her son and is still seeking accountability so it doesn’t happen to someone else.
Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was shot to death by a deputy responding to a disturbance call at Fortson’s apartment in Fort Walton Beach, where he lived while based at nearby Hurlburt Field. The May 2024 encounter was captured on body camera video.
Fortson’s family is from Georgia. Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues mourned Fortson at his funeral outside Atlanta.
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