Fresh out of boot camp, Cameron Walters proudly told his father in Georgia during their nightly video chat that he had passed the exam qualifying him to stand watch and help secure building entrances at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. When news broke the next morning of shots being fired on
1 / 6Naval Air Station Shooting-VictimsIn this Nov. 22, 2019 photo provided by the Walters Family, Cameron Walters, center in Navy uniform, poses for a photo with his sisters, Lily Walters, left, and Shania Walters, right, and his father, Shane Walters, far right, the day he graduated from boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill. Cameron Walters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, was among three sailors killed at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday, Dec. 6. SAVANNAH, Ga.
“He was just looking forward to getting his wings and being a part of flying and whatever job they gave him,” Shane Walters said. “He just wanted to earn his wings. He was looking so forward to having those wings pinned on his chest.” “Friday's senseless act of violence took these young men from us, physically wounded eight others and the hearts of countless more," said Rear Admiral Gary A. Mayes, the Navy's Southeast Region commander, during a Sunday news conference in Pensacola."On behalf of the entire Navy, I extend my sincere and deepest sympathies to the families of the sailors whose lives were taken during this heinous act.
Story continues“I continue to speak about him in present tense because it still hasn’t sunk in that he’s no longer here,” she said in a statement to the AP. Watson's brother posted on Facebook that his sibling “died a hero” after giving first responders information on the shooter's location though he was mortally wounded by gunfire.
"When confronted, they didn’t run from danger; they ran towards it and saved lives," Capt. Tim Kinsella, the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola, said in a statement Saturday.
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