Senior Airman Roger Fortson was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy on May 3, 2024, at his off-base residence near Hurlburt Field, Florida.

“Senior Airman Roger Fortson was home alone in his off-base apartment causing no trouble and FaceTiming with a woman when a Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy, responding to the wrong address for a disturbance, broke through his door and fatally shot him Friday, an attorney for the airman’s family said Wednesday.”- AirForce Times