Florida sheriff's office releases body camera video showing deputy fatally shoot U.S. airman
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A Florida sheriff's office released body camera video Thursday showing a sheriff's deputy shoot and kill a U.S. airman at his apartment last week.
The video shows a deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in the Florida panhandle knock on the door of Senior Airman Roger Fortson's apartment and announce he was with the sheriff's office. When the door opens, the deputy yells for Fortson, 23, to step back. The deputy then shoots Fortson within seconds.
Fortson, who is blurred in the video, immediately falls to the ground. He's seen moving on the floor as the deputy tells him to drop his gun.
"It's over there," Fortson is heard on the video telling the deputy. "I don't have it."
The deputy tells Fortson to not move and then calls on his radio for emergency medical services before the video ends.
