A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16060577

A Floridasheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground.

Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment.

Body camera video shows that when the deputy arrived outside Fortson’s door, he stood silently for 20 seconds outside and listened, but no voices inside were heard on his body camera.

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    8•25 days ago

    Bear in mind he’s not even at the right place…

     

    “Sheriff’s office, open the door,” the deputy can be heard saying in the bodycam video.

    The deputy knocked a third time before Fortson opened the door with a gun at his side.

    Within four seconds, the deputy fired four rounds in rapid succession.

    The deputy yells at Fortson to “drop the gun.”

    Fortson responded that he was no longer holding it.

    The deputy says over his radio that shots were fired and calls for EMS.

    Fortson died a short time later.