A Florida sheriff’s office released body camera video that showed the fatal shooting by a sheriff’s deputy of a 23-year-old U.S. airman.

Body camera footage released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office showed a sheriff’s deputy responding to Senior Airman Roger Fortson’s apartment on May 3, for a disturbance call. 

The video showed the deputy arriving at a Fort Walton Beach apartment building and speaking to a woman outside who described someone hearing an argument. The deputy then went up an elevator and walked down an outdoor hallway.

In the video, a deputy was seen knocking on Fortson’s apartment and announcing that he was with the sheriff’s office. 

“Sheriff’s office, open the door,” the officer is heard saying. “Step out.”

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The deputy then opened fire on Fortson just moments after he opened his apartment door while holding a gun pointing down. 

“Drop the gun, drop the gun,” the officer said.

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“I don’t have it,” Fortson said.

Following the shooting, the deputy is heard telling Fortson to not move and then is heard calling on his radio for emergency medical services before the video ends.

Roger Fortson was shot and killed in his apartment in Florida on May 3. (The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office)

During a news conference, Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden told reporters it “pained” him to show the video.

“It pains me to show the video, but I know that you all need to see it,” he said.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Fortson’s family, accused the deputy of going to the wrong apartment and said the shooting was unjustified.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said that on Friday afternoon, “our deputy responded to a call of a disturbance in progress where he encountered an armed man,” and the deputy shot him. (The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office)

The 23-year-old was transported to Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport by the Air Force via dignified transfer at 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Crump said.

His family is preparing for his funeral on Friday at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia.

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Fortson was stationed at Hurlburt Field and was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron. 

He was assigned as a gunner aboard an AC-130J, and earned an Air Medal with a combat device, Hurlbert Field announced in a Facebook post

Jimmy Carter’s grandson provided an update on the former president’s health after he spent more than a year in hospice care, reconciling that his life is “coming to the end.”

Jason Carter, 48, addressed a mental health forum at the Carter Center in Georgia on Tuesday, where he said his grandfather was “doing ok” and praised the “outpouring of love” his family has received after the passing of the former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the forum’s namesake.

“My grandfather is doing okay. He has been in hospice, as you know, for almost a year and a half now, and he really is, I think, coming to the end,” Jason Carter said at The 28th Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum. “I’ve said before, there’s a part of this faith journey that is so important to him, and there’s a part of that faith journey that you only can live at the very end and I think he has been there in that space.”

Jimmy Carter, 99, entered hospice care in February 2023.

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During his remarks, Jason Carter remembered his grandmother and the impact her passing had on the family — including the former president.

“My grandmother’s passing was a difficult moment for all of us, including my grandfather,” Jason Carter added.

Rosalynn Carter passed away on November 19 at the age of 96. (Getty Images)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn were married for 77 years. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

He also thanked the multitude of commemorations his family had received.

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“The outpouring of love and support that we, as a family, received from people in this room and from the rest of the world was so remarkable and meaningful to us. And it really turned that whole process into a celebration,” the grandson continued.

A wooden cake honoring the 99th birthday of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is seen on the north lawn of the White House on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Jimmy Carter, 99, entered hospice care in February 2023. (ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Jason Carter also described a conversation he shared with the former president weeks ago as they watched the MLB.

“I said, ‘Papa, you know, I can’t- people ask me how you’re doing, and I say I don’t know.’ And he said, ‘Well, I don’t know myself,’” the grandson recounted. “So he is still there.”

Jason Carter, 48, provided an update on his grandfather’s health during a mental health forum at the Carter Center in Georgia on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images)

Jimmy Carter is the oldest living president in history. George H.W. Bush, the previous holder of that record, passed away in 2018. He was 94 at the time.

The former Democratic president has survived brain cancer, liver cancer and various medical procedures.

An invasive lizard from Africa that has settled in South Florida was spotted moving up the coast of the Sunshine State.

The Peter’s rock agama has made its way north to parts of Central Florida, with residents of West Melbourne taking notice of the red-headed reptiles.

“I saw the head. It is red, and it’s pretty abnormal, and I have never seen a lizard that big,” resident Jingchen Bi told FOX35 Orlando.

Ken Gioeli, a natural resources extension agent with the University of Florida, told the station that he refers to the lizards’ move up the coast as “the invasion front.”

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“They’re causing some impact to the environment, but we still don’t yet have a total handle on what it is that they’re doing,” he said.

The Peter’s rock agama was first documented in Florida in 1976, and has since established its presence in 20 counties, from Monroe to Volusia, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The species is native to tropical, sub-Saharan Africa.

The lizard, native to tropical, sub-Saharan Africa, is believed to have been released into Florida around 1976 via the pet trade. (iStock)

The lizards’ size and high population densities may impact other species by preying upon native species and competing with them for resources, according to wildlife officials. 

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The species feeds mostly on ants, grasshoppers, crickets and other insects, according to the FWC, but has also been seen eating snakes, lizards, birds and small mammals.

Adult male Peter’s rock agamas can grow to be 12 inches long, while females of the species can reach lengths of 4 to 5 inches.

It is believed the lizard was introduced to Florida as pets that either escaped or were released.

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As for whether the budding population can be controlled, the FWC says that “eradication of established populations in Florida is likely not feasible.”