Authorities Arrest Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Who Fatally Shot a Black Airman at His Home
August 28, 2024
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground was arrested Monday, Aug. 26, officials said. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May 3 shooting death of 23-year-old Roger Fortson, Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille announced Friday, Aug. 23. The charge is a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.