Family recounts heroics of fallen son in US naval base shooting

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) - Joshua Watson had just graduated from the US Naval Academy and looked forward to a military career as a pilot. On Saturday (Dec 7), he was being hailed a hero, as his family recounted how the 23-year-old - in his last minutes of life - led first responders to an active shooter at the Pensacola naval base.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Joshua Watson had just graduated from the US Naval Academy and looked forward to a military career as a pilot. On Saturday , he was being hailed a hero, as his family recounted how the 23-year-old - in his last minutes of life - led first responders to an active shooter at the Pensacola naval base.

The anguish spread from Pensacola and into communities across the country, as fellow Americans shared in the shock and grief of Friday's shooting that left four people dead, including the shooter, and eight others injured. In an account he shared earlier with the Pensacola News Journal, his son was shot at least five times."He died serving his country," the elder Watson said of his son.

 

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