Police Shootings

Duran was initially denied bail during his first court appearance.

Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter with a firearm. Bond was set Thursday at $100,000.

The defense attorney for a deputy charged with fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman in Florida’s Panhandle is a well-known litigator with decades of experience. He's also a former state lawmaker and prosecutor who unsuccessfully ran for governor.

The judge ordered him held until a Thursday pre-trial detention hearing, despite objections from his lawyer, who said he should be released now.

Officials say that 38-year-old former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran turned himself in on Monday.

A fired Okaloosa Sheriff's Deputy who killed an Air Force Airman is indicted on manslaughter charges.

In a news conference, attorneys representing the 23-year-old airman's family expressed concern that the investigation into his May shooting death is taking longer than expected.

Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran on Friday, about a month after he killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson while responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment. Chantemekki Fortson, Roger Fortson's mother, said the firing was akin to throwing her “a bone.”

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) has terminated Deputy Eddie Duran.

The fatal incident took place on May 3 at Fortson’s apartment.

The memorial service took place at Hurlburt Field, where Fortson was stationed. The 23-year-old was shot and killed by an Okaloosa County Sheriff deputy earlier this month.

Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy.