NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 22, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
OCSO OFFICER KILLED IN
LINE-OF- DUTY IDENTITY RELEASED
Deputy Sheriff Anthony "Tony" Forgione
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is grieving the loss of a deputy who
was killed early Tuesday morning in the line-of-duty. 33-year old Deputy Anthony
“Tony” Forgione of Niceville was hired on July 17, 2005 and is a former Fort
Walton Beach Police Officer. He is survived by a wife and two young daughters.
Sheriff Charlie Morris says “We are all simply devastated and are rallying
around each other to cope with this tragedy. My thoughts and prayers go out to
the families. And I want to express my gratitude to the community for all their
offers of support for the Forgione family and this agency.”
Deputy Forgione was shot and killed at 331 Plymouth Avenue in Fort Walton Beach
by a subject inside the home.
Forgione entered the house along with other members of the Sheriff’s
Office Special Response Team. The subject inside, 47-year old Mark Reed Rohlman
of Navarre, was shot by officers and died at the scene.
The
Florida Department of Law Enforcement will be conducting an investigation.
Sheriff
Charlie Morris will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. at the Shalimar
Administration Building.