Kayshawn Wilkerson

Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, a Black/African American male, died on August 6, 2025, at Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois, after sustaining a gunshot wound at the base’s firing range. Emergency responders were called to Building 7315, the USS Wisconsin Firing Range, around early afternoon, where lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. The Lake County coroner’s office conducted an autopsy and reported that the injury was a gunshot wound to the head, with findings consistent with a se ...

ABC7 Chicago: 18-year-old recruit died from self-inflicted gunshot wound at Naval Station Great Lakes: coroner

Investigation underway after man fatally shot on Naval Station Great Lakes base in Lake County