A man turned himself in Sunday after a shooting the day before sent a woman to Luis Hospital for emergency surgery, prompting a brief manhunt by the V.I. Police Department. Kenny Rogers, 43, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and firearms-related crimes.
According to documents filed in V.I. Superior Court, the 911 Emergency Call Center’s ShotSpotter system detected seven gunshots fired late Saturday night on East Street in Frederiksted. Police arrived to find a woman lying on the ground with several gunshot wounds on her back. She was taken to Luis Hospital by ambulance.
An officer spoke with the victim’s brother, who said he heard the woman tell Rogers “that she no longer wanted to be in a relationship with him,” according to the probable cause fact sheet filed in court. The witness said the two argued before Rogers pulled out a gun and shot at them. The woman later also identified Rogers as the shooter.
Police were unable to find Rogers at his New Works home, even after they obtained a search warrant and a tactical unit breached the door. They then issued a wanted poster for Rogers, who surrendered himself later at the Wilbur H. Francis Command. Rogers also surrendered two licensed firearms and declined to give a statement.
Rogers’s bail was set at $100,000 and he was remanded to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility pending an advice of rights hearing scheduled for Monday morning.
