Police release bodycam footage in Air Force airman shooting after family claims cops failed to announce presence [Video]

Police have released bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of an Air Force airman at his Florida home after his family alleged that an officer responded to the wrong address.

US Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was shot on 3 May 2024 by a deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

During a news conference on Thursday, Fortson’s family claimed that the deputy went to the wrong apartment and did not announce himself to the service member when he banged on the man’s door at the Elan Apartments by ARIUM.

On Thursday afternoon, the sheriff’s office released four minutes of bodycam footage worn by the officer.

In the clip, the officer, who has not been identified by the department, is seen banging on the man’s home three times and shouting “Sheriff’s office open …