Cameron Scott Walters was 21 and an airman apprentice from Richmond Hill, Georgia. He had joined the Navy in September 2019 and was assigned to the Naval Aircrew Candidate School at NAS Pensacola. On the morning of December 6, 2019, Walters was on unarmed watch duty in Building 633 when a gunman opened fire inside a classroom. He ran toward the sound of gunshots and sustained fatal gunshot wounds during the attack.

The shooter was identified as Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force who was training at the Naval Aviation Schools Command. Alshamrani killed Walters and two other U.S. Navy sailors and injured eight others before being shot and killed by an Escambia County deputy. Investigators reported Alshamrani had socialized the night before and watched videos of mass shootings with three other Saudi students; the FBI concluded those other students were not involved.

Walters was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Navy Good Conduct Medal. Does anyone have memories of Walters or details about his service at NAS Pensacola to share?