St. Thomas police have not yet established motive for a shooting that left a 32-year-old Estate Tutu man dead. Dale Jeffers, who police said was the owner of Extreme Watersports Center at Coki Point, was pronounced dead at the scene in Lower Hospital Ground near building 1B of the Berg's Home housing community.
Police, responding to reports at 7 a.m. of a shooting, found Jeffers' body with a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen. Within minutes, homicide investigators were summoned to the scene.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Annette Raimer said that investigators are also investigating a vehicle which was parked nearby. One of the windows of the vehicle, she said, had been shattered by bullets.
Residents of Berg's Home reported hearing gunshots around 10 p.m. Sunday. Eyewitnesses said the body could have been there since that time.
Raimer urged anyone with information to contact the Major Crime Unit at 774-2196, the confidential crime line at 777-8711 or police emergency 911.
Jeffers' death is the fifth murder in the territory this year; three on St. Thomas and two in St. Croix.
