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Judge denies travel request for deputy charged in Fortson shooting

May 12, 2026 | Collin Bestor

An Okaloosa County judge on May 11 denied a request from a former Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy charged in the 2024 shooting death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson to travel outside the bounds of his pretrial release, after Fortson’s mother delivered an emotional plea asking the court to keep him in the area.

An Okaloosa County judge has denied a request made by former Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran to leave the area as a trial in the shooting of Roger Fortson looms.

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