On Saturday at around 11:13 a.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center received multiple calls of shots fired and multiple shot spotter alerts of gunfire in the Grove Place area of Cozy Corner on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Callers reported one man down. V.I.P.D. and Emergency Medical Services arrived at the location and confirmed the male individual had no signs of life. The victim was identified by next of kin as 38-year-old Jamal Rivera., according to the police report.
This is the 34th homicide in the territory and the 14th on St. Croix, according to the Source Homicide List.* St. Thomas has reported 20 homicides and St. John, none.
This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this shooting, please contact 911 or the CIB hotline at (340)778-4950.
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.
