Florida deputy who fatally shot U.S. airman is fired following investigation
Senior Airman Roger Fortson was in his apartment when he was fatally shot by a deputy.
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Senior Airman Roger Fortson was in his apartment when he was fatally shot by a deputy.
The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff's deputy when the Air Force senior airman opened his door armed with a handgun pointed down happened almost a month ago.
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Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson's family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy.
Fort Lauderdale police officer Pascal France has flown in a military helicopter before, but never in a fighter jet.
The Florida sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave after the deadly shooting of Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
Florida sheriff deputies burst into the wrong apartment and fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson, Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.
Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died at his off-base residence, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement released Monday
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Detectives say this was a "justified shooting in self-defense."
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Detectives say this was a "justified shooting in self-defense."
Former Cypress Bay student Tim Schmidt Jr. is among those killed.
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