Associated Press,
by
Jeff Martin
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Curt Anderson
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5/17/2024 12:42:20 PM
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Stonecrest, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson's family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday 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.[Snip] The video shows the deputy banging on the door and stepping aside,[Snip]Twice he shouted: “Sheriff’s office! Open the door!”Fortson, who legally owned a firearm, opened the door while holding a handgun pointed toward the floor. The deputy shouted, “Step back!” and then shot Fortson six times. Only afterward did he shout, “Drop the gun! Drop the gun!”