Airman shot by deputy doted on little sister and aimed to buy mom a house, family says
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just two days before a sheriff's deputy in Florida shot him dead, U. S. Air Force airman Roger Fortson called home to find out what his 10-year-old sister wanted for her birthday. It was a typical gesture for the 23-year-old from Atlanta, who doted on the girl and was devoted to helping her, a younger brother and his mom prosper, his family says. “He was trying to give me everything that I never could get for myself,” his mother, Chantemekki Fortson, said a...
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