Girlfriend describes hearing final moments of Atlanta airman killed by Florida deputy

An Atlanta woman took the stand Tuesday and described the final moments she shared with her boyfriend, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, before he was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy.

The testimony came during the second day of the manslaughter trial of former Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran, who is accused in Fortson’s 2024 death.

Fortson, who was from Atlanta and stationed in Florida, was on the phone with his girlfriend, Tytiana Hendricks, when someone began knocking on his apartment door…

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