Ocala recruit dies from self-inflicted gunshot at Navy bootcamp in Illinois

An 18-year-old Ocala recruit who was stationed at a Navy training center in Illinois was found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound last week.

On Wednesday, August 6, authorities found the body of Kayshawn Wesley Deon Wilkerson at the firing range within the Recruit Training Center at Naval Station Great Lakes.

In a statement issued by the station, the Navy described the alleged suicide as a “tragic loss.”…

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