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Roger Fortson
Case # :122
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/03/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Okaloosa
County : Okaloosa
State : Florida
Agency : Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “man with a gun” call
Disposition : No known charges
Open records summary : Okaloosa County deputies responded to an alleged disturbance near the Air Force’s Special Ops Command and shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson. He had been a Special Missions Aviator on AC-130J Ghostrider gunships with the 4th Special Operations Squadron. Police allegedly killed him when seeing him with a gun. The circumstances surrounding this are still unclear.
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https://taskandpurpose.com/news/gunship-airman-killed-by-deputy/