Seaman Kyle Mullen, a Navy SEAL candidate, died on Friday hours after he and his Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class wrapped up Hell Week, according to the Navy.
Mullen, 24, was from Manalapan, New Jersey and was assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command. He was taken to Sharp Coronado Hospital and died at 5:42 p.m., the service said in a statement Sunday.
It’s unclear what caused his death, which is under investigation.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to Seaman Mullen’s family for their loss,” Rear Adm. H.W. Howard III, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, said in a Navy news release Sunday. “We are extending every form of support we can to the Mullen family and Kyle’s BUD/S classmates.”
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