Under mounting pressure to offer a justification for the fatal police shooting of a U.S. Air Force senior airman in his own apartment last week, a Florida sheriff on Thursday released body camera footage of the deadly encounter.
The footage shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, answering the door of his apartment in the Florida Panhandle and immediately being shot by a deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Some of those accusations appeared to be undercut by the body camera video.
The lawyers said they were based on information from Airman Fortson’s girlfriend, who had been on a video call with him during the episode.
They did not dispute that Airman Fortson was armed but said that he had every right to be as a legal gun owner in his own home.
Persons:
Roger Fortson, Fortson, “, Ben Crump, George Floyd —, Fortson’s
Organizations:
U.S . Air Force, Florida Panhandle, Sheriff’s Office
Locations:
Florida, Okaloosa