The Source Homicide List is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2024 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.
STT – 1
Territory – 1
Date of death – Jan. 21
Shots fired in the early morning hours of Sunday on St. Thomas claimed the life of a man and marked the territory’s first homicide of 2024, the V.I. Police Department reported. 23-year-old Jahnni B. Thompson marks the first homicide of 2024 for St. Thomas and the territory.
STX – 1
Territory – 2
Date of death – Feb. 8
A St. Croix man stabbed in the early morning hours of Thursday later succumbed to his injuries, the V.I. Police Department reported. Further investigation disclosed that the victim, identified by next of kin as 42-year-old Rupert Rivera, later succumbed to his injuries at the Juan F. Luis Hospital emergency room, police said.
STX – 2
Territory – 3
Date of death – Feb. 14
A man was found unresponsive on St. Croix Wednesday, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim was identified by next of kin as 25-year-old Daniel Sanes, the police report stated.
STT – 2
Territory – 4
Date of death – Feb. 22
Reports of shots fired claimed the life of a St. Thomas man late Thursday night, the V.I. Police Department reported. The man’s next of kin identified him as 20-year-old Omar K. Fontaine, the report stated.
STT – 3
Territory – 5
Date of death – March 5
Mohammed Salem, 34, was captured in the water off Tropaco Point in Hull Bay just before 1 p.m. on March 5 following a manhunt. He is accused of stabbing and killing his father, Hakem Salem, 69, around 7:45 a.m. March 5 at their Estate Lerkenlund home.
STT – 4
Territory – 6
Date of death – March 16
Anyah Smith, 32, was arrested midday Saturday, March 16 and charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Ja’Qeada Isaac, 9 who paramedics found lifeless near the Vitraco Mall on Rumer Road at 5:22 a.m. Saturday.
STT – 5
Territory – 7
Date of death – March 30
Three women were shot, one fatally, in two separate attacks on St. Thomas over Easter weekend, police said. One of the women sustained a non-threatening gunshot injury. The other, 20-year-old Amisha Alexander Foy, died from her injuries.
STT – 6
Territory – 8
Date of death – April 4
At least one gunman opened fire in the Brookman Road area after 10:40 p.m. Thursday, killing a taxi van driver and 19-year-old C’Nijah Anthony.
STT – 7
Territory – 9
Date of death – April 4
At least one gunman opened fire in the Brookman Road area after 10:40 p.m. Thursday, killing a taxi van driver and 19-year-old C’Nijah Anthony.
STT – 8
Territory – 10
Date of death – April 19
Woman reported shot in Thomasville, pronounced dead on the scene, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim was identified by next of kin as 33-year-old Mardette Ward, the police report stated.
STT – 9
Territory – 11
Date of death – April 28
Shots fired on St. Thomas left five injured and one dead Sunday, the V.I. Police Department reported. This man sustained multiple gunshot wounds about the body and was later identified by his next of Kin as 35-year-old Asymo Phipps, the report stated.
STX – 3
Territory – 12
Date of death – June 19
Three men were shot and another injured by broken glass as they played dominoes at a Frangipani, St. Croix home Wednesday evening, police said Thursday. The rain of bullets killed Ray Vincent Stevens, 29.
STX – 4
Territory – 13
Date of death – June 19
Three men were shot and another injured by broken glass as they played dominoes at a Frangipani, St. Croix home Wednesday evening, police said Thursday. The rain of bullets killed Keshawn Kirby, Jr., 27.
STX – 5
Territory – 14
Date of death – June 28
Man was shot near his business in St. Croix Friday evening, police said Saturday. Multiple gunshots left 50-year-old Emmanuel Premier dead.
STT – 10
Territory – 15
Date of death – July 8
Police found a man likely shot to death on John Brewers Beach midday Monday. Police identified the man as 41-year-old Rudy Bridges.
STT – 12
Territory – 17
Date of death – July 10
Police responding to 911 calls of shots fired around 9:33 p.m. in the vicinity of Four Winds Plaza on St. Thomas found two men dead at the scene. The victims were identified as Lamar Richardson, 29, and Randy John Baptiste, 33. Two other victims were taken to Schneider Regional Medical Center with gunshot wounds, police reported.
STX – 6
Territory – 18
Date of death – July 10
Tyree Rentas was shot in the head near Building 8 of the Harbor View Housing Community in Christiansted at around 11:30 a.m., police said, adding they quickly apprehended a possible suspect.
STX – 7
Territory – 19
Date of death – July 23
The 911 Emergency Call Center received multiple calls Tuesday from concerned citizens that a man had been shot by Hope Road in the vicinity of Kiki’s Auto on St. Croix. The deceased has been identified by the next of kin as 31-year-old Anthony Ventura.
STX – 8
Territory – 20
Date of death – July 27
Michael Edwards, 35, was shot and killed and five others were taken to the hospital after a shooting on the boardwalk just after midnight Saturday in Christiansted town, St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STX – 9
Territory – 21
Date of death – Aug. 19
The man gunned down on a Frederiksted street corner Monday evening was 38-year-old Jahni Hamilton, police said Tuesday.
STX – 10
Territory – 22
Date of death – Sept. 8
Indierra Morales, 24 years old, was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle in Frederiksted after midnight Sunday. Rosnel Diaz-Bautista, 22 years old, Morales’ former intimate partner was arrested shortly thereafter and charged with murder first degree, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STT – 13
Territory – 23
Date of death – Sept. 19
Ashton Alexander, 42, was pronounced dead on the scene after multiple gunshots were reported at 5:37 p.m. Sept. 19, in the area of Hospital Ground on St. Thomas.
STT – 14
Territory – 24
Date of death – Sept. 25
A fatal shooting occurred in Sugar Estate, St. Thomas, on Wednesday. At approximately 5:52 p.m., concerned citizens alerted 911 about gunfire and a man down in the vicinity of First Street. The victim was later identified by next of kin as 21-year-old Ja’haile Clendinen.
STT – 15
Territory – 25
Date of death – Oct. 7
Stalin N. Flores-Gomez, 23, who was found unresponsive Monday evening at Mandahl Bay Beach on St. Thomas, died from multiple gunshot wounds, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STT – 16
Territory – 26
Date of death – Oct. 13
Multiple gunshots were reported Sunday, at approximately 3:05 a.m. on Kronprindsens Gade, reported the V.I. Police Department. One male who had sustained gunshot wounds about his body was discovered. The identity of the male is pending identification by next of kin.
STT – 17
Territory – 27
Date of death – Oct. 19
A man was shot dead Saturday evening at a gas station on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STX – 11
Territory – 28
Date of death – Oct. 20
A man was found unresponsive Sunday morning in the area of Golden Rock on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STT – 18
Territory – 29
Date of death – Oct. 22
A 20-year-old man was fatally shot in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon on St. Thomas, marking another tragic incident in a string of violent crimes that have gripped the territory in the past week.
STX – 12
Territory – 30
Date of death – Oct. 23
The man shot Wednesday morning on St. Croix succumbed to his injuries after being transported to the Juan Luis Hospital via ambulance, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STX – 13
Territory – 31
Date of death – Oct. 25
Errol Stephen St. Jean, 19, was shot in the head and died Friday evening on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STT – 19
Territory – 32
Date of death – Oct. 30
Detection of shots fired by the Shot Spotter Detection System led to the discovery of Hasani Parris shot to death Wednesday morning in the area of Hospital Ground on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STT – 20
Territory – 33
Date of death – Nov. 3
A 17-year-old was shot and killed early Sunday morning near the Grandview Apartments housing community on St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands Police Department announced. The victim was identified as Kareem L. Pinney.
STX – 14
Territory – 34
Date of death – Nov. 30
Man reported dead Saturday morning following gunfire in the Grove Place area of Cozy Corner, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STX – 15
Territory – 35
Date of death – Dec. 3
Officers responding to a 911 call about shots fired on Peter’s Farm Road in Christiansted just before midnight Dec. 3 found an unresponsive man in his vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was identified by next of kin as Angel Casanova, 33, of Estate Friedensthal, Christiansted.
STX – 16
Territory – 36
Date of death – Dec. 4
On Wednesday, authorities responded to a shooting incident in which the victim was identified as 40-year-old Leon Thomas.
STT – 21
Territory – 37
Date of death – Dec. 9
Andy Thompson, 26, was pronounced dead Monday night after a shooting near Prindsens Gade in the Hospital Ground area of St. Thomas.
STX – 17
Territory – 38
Date of death – Dec. 13
On Friday, officers responded to a reported shooting near the basketball court at the DeChabert Housing Community in Richmond. The victim was transported by ambulance and shortly after succumbed to his injuries.
STT – 22
Territory – 39
Date of death – Dec. 18
On Wednesday, a man was found shot to death in the area of Hospital Ground on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
STT – 23
Territory – 40
Date of death – Dec. 21
The V.I. Police Department reported late Saturday that one person was killed and five more were injured by gunshots in what law enforcement called a “mass casualty” incident at the former Embers Guest House on St. Thomas.
