The U.S. Naval Academy is mourning a midshipman who died Monday morning at his Mississippi home while on holiday leave.The academy identified the senior as Midshipman 1st Class Mason Halsey, 22 ...

Midshipman First Class Mason Halsey, 22, was a Gulfport, Mississippi resident. The circumstances around his death are under investigation, the school said in a social media post.

His U.S. Naval Academy community members have since taken to the internet to share tributary messages after the saddening loss. Mason Halsey was a midshipman first class with the U.S. Naval Academy.