A 45-year-old St. Croix man is dead, the latest victim of gun violence in the U.S. Virgin Islands following a shooting Monday night in Frederiksted Town, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Officers responding to 911 calls of shots fired in Frederiksted Town around 10:39 p.m. Thursday found a man lying in the eastbound lane north of the King Cross Street intersection, police reported.
“Emergency Medical Services personnel attempted to provide assistance, but the man had no signs of life. Investigation revealed that he had been shot multiple times to his upper body,” according to the report.
The victim was identified by his family as Isaiah Fawkes, 45. His death marks the fifth homicide on St. Croix this year, bringing the territory’s total to eight, according to the Source Homicide List.*
The case remains under investigation by the Major Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Anyone with information is urged to call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-778-2211, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
*The Source Homicide List is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2025 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.
