Three men were injured, one seriously, in a shooting Tuesday night in Estate Strawberry on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported.
According to the report, officers responded to the area after several residents called 911 around 10:52 p.m. to report hearing gunshots and the ShotSpotter system recorded 76 rounds fired in the neighborhood.
One caller reported that a man was shot in the hand and was traveling to the Juan F. Luis Hospital in a private vehicle. An officer at the hospital reported that two males arrived by private vehicle with gunshot wounds.
One of the victims was shot in the upper body and was taken into surgery immediately and remains in serious but stable condition, according to the VIPD. The other two victims received non life-threatening injuries, the report stated.
The incident remains under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Anyone with information should contact 911, the Major Crimes Unit at 340-778-2211 or Crime Stoppers VI at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
