A 47-year-old man was shot and killed at a residence on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
On July 22, a citizen reported to police someone was shot at a residence in Estate Thomas, St. Thomas, according to police records.
The citizen and officers traveled to the residence and discovered an unresponsive male lying on the ground. The male appeared to have sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body, the police reported stated.
Emergency Medical Technicians, who were on the scene, concluded that the male had no vital signs. The male’s next of kin identified him as 48-year-old Steave Liverpool, said VIPD.
While on the scene, police received information that the victim’s brother, Richard Liverpool shot and killed him. Richard Liverpool, 47 years old, was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree, assault in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and unauthorized use of a firearm during a crime of violence. His bail was set at $1,000,000, according to the press release.
Liverpools’ death marks St. Thomas’ 12th homicide of the year and brings the territory’s total to 21 since the start of 2023, according to the Source Homicide List.*
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the V.I. Police Department at 340-774-2211 or the Criminal Investigation Unit’s Major Crimes Division at 340-642-8449. You can also contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
*The Source Homicide List is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2023 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as reported by the VIPD. Cases are broken down by island. While this listing is based on VIPD reports, the Source does not include suicides or vehicular homicides in its listing, which the police and some other media do. This can lead to a discrepancy in the number of incidents reported.
