On Sunday, at approximately 3:05 a.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center was alerted by the ShotSpotter detection system that multiple gunshots were fired on Kronprindsens Gade on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Responding officers traveled to the area of the Tequila Bar and discovered a man who had sustained gunshot wounds about his body. An emergency medical technician at the scene concluded that he did not have any vital signs, the police report stated.
The identity of the victim is pending identification by next of kin. He is the territory’s 26th homicide victim of the year, and the 16th on St. Thomas, according to the Source Homicide List.*
Anyone with information about this incident can contact the Virgin Islands Police Department at 340-774-2211, or the Criminal Investigation Unit’s Major Crimes Division at 340-714-9823, 340-714-9828, or 340-714-9829. 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 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.
