Florida deputy who killed Black air force member in his own home fired

Eddie Duran shot Roger Fortson within two seconds after the airman opened his door with his legally owned gun pointed down

A Florida sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a Black US air force airman in the military member's own home has been fired from his job, officials said on Friday.

The Okaloosa county sheriff's office said it dismissed the deputy, Eddie Duran, after investigators found that his use of deadly force was not objectively reasonable and therefore violated agency policy" in the killing of senior airman Roger Fortson on 3 May 2024.