One man is dead 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.
The ShotSpotter system notified 911 of shots fired in on the boardwalk around 12:27 a.m. on Saturday, the VIPD said.
Upon arrival on the scene, the Major Crimes Unit detectives found a man lying on the ground, unresponsive. He was identified by next-of-kin as 35-year-old Michael Edwards, police said.
According to a VIPD spokesperson, five additional individuals were shot during the incident and were transported by private vehicles to the Juan F. Luis Hospital for treatment.
Edwards’ death marks the eighth homicide of the year on St. Croix, and the 20th for the territory, according to the Source Homicide List.*
The police investigation is ongoing.
*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.
