Just two months after his older brother was killed, the Fortson family is facing another heartbreaking loss.
Just two months after Senior Airman Roger Fortson was killed by a Florida deputy, his 16-year-old younger brother was found fatally shot in at an apartment complex in Atlanta.Andre Fortson was an innocent bystander on Tuesday and left bleeding in a breezeway at the Summit Hill Apartments on Bouldercrest Road, according to what neighbors told local news outlets. Police were called to the scene around 9:45 p.m. One neighbor told Action News that they heard people say 'Andre, stay with us.
In bodycam video, the deputy is seen in the apartment complex on Racetrack Road asking, 'What's going on.'He asked if a 'fight is going on or something.' He meets with a woman who said fighting happens 'frequently but this time it was sounding like it was getting out of hand.'When the officer asked what door, the woman said, 'I'm not sure.' She later says apartment 1401 - which was Fortson's apartment number.
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