An Air Force airman who was fatally shot at his Okaloosa County, Florida, home Friday was eliminated by a deputy after law enforcement burst into the incorrect home, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump stated Wednesday.
A female stated that she was on a FaceTime video call with Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, when he was eliminated and that he was alone and there was no disruption, which law enforcement stated was the factor for the call, Crump stated.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office stated that Friday afternoon, “our deputy reacted to a call of a disruption in development where he experienced an equipped male,” and the deputy shot him.
According to the lady on the FaceTime call, whom Crump did not determine, Fortson heard a knock at his door, asked “Who is it?” got no action and might not see anybody through the peephole, Crump stated in a declaration.
There was a 2nd, aggressive knock, Crump stated, mentioning the female’s account.
“Concerned, he did what any other obedient resident would do and recovered his legally-owned weapon, however as he was strolling back to the living space, cops burst through the door. When they saw the weapon, they shot Roger 6 times,” Crump stated in the declaration.
“The witness has stated that she saw Roger on the ground specifying, ‘I can’t breathe,’ after he was shot,” Crump stated. “She has likewise stated the authorities were in the incorrect apartmentorcondo as there was no disruption in the house and he was alone.”
A constable’s representative Friday night did not rightaway respond to a demand for remark about the claim that authorities were at the incorrect