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.
