22-year-old goes under swimming with child — and doesn’t resurface, Wisconsin cops say

A 22-year-old man and a 5-year-old child were swimming in a Wisconsin lake when the adult went underwater, authorities said.

That was the last time he was seen alive.

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department was called to Silver Lake at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16, to help other first responders find the swimmer, according to a news release.

Authorities learned the pair had jumped from a boat into the lake for a swim before the man began drowning. After Philip Shwaiko, of Kenosha, went under, the 5-year-old child was pulled from the lake by another boat.

Divers tried finding the missing man, officials said, but at about 2:40 p.m., operations moved from a rescue to a recovery mission.

Shwaiko’s body was found about 25 feet under water and pulled from the lake at 7:10 p.m. that evening, according to the news release.

Shwaiko was not wearing a flotation device at the time of his death, authorities said, but the 5-year-old child was wearing one.

Authorities have not said if they were related or how they might have known each other.

Anyone with additional information regarding the incident is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 262-605-5100.

Silver Lake is about 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee.

This story was originally published June 17, 2022 at 4:16 PM with the headline "22-year-old goes under swimming with child — and doesn’t resurface, Wisconsin cops say."