Body Cam Footage of Airman’s Deadly Encounter With Deputy Raises Troubling Questions, Family Says

The family of a slain active-duty airman spoke out on Thursday after authorities released body camera footage of his deadly encounter with a Florida deputy. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was fatally shot in his apartment in Fort Walton Beach on May 3. The deputy was responding to a disturbance call, according to Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden. The sheriff made the footage public after the family disputed that the deputy acted in self-defense. The family claims that Mr. Forston did nothing wrong and that the deputy went to the wrong home. The four-and-a-half-minute video showed the deputy’s point of view as he arrived on the scene. He first spoke to a woman outside who described hearing an argument in Apartment 1401. The video showed he knocked on the apartment door and announced his presence twice. “Sheriff’s office, open the door,” he said....