A man died Sunday night after police found him with multiple gunshot wounds in the Hospital Ground area of St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
The Major Crimes Unit has opened a homicide investigation.
Police said the Shot Spotter Detection System recorded gunfire at about 10:47 p.m. Patrol officers responded and found a Black male lying in the roadway. He was taken by ambulance to Schneider Regional Medical Center, where he died from his injuries, according to the police report.
The man’s identity is being withheld until his family is notified, the police report stated.
His death marks the territory’s 27th homicide of the year, and the 14th for St. Thomas, according to the Source Homicide List.*
The VIPD is asking anyone with information to contact the department at 340-774-2211, the Major Crimes Unit at 340-642-8449, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or 911.
* 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.
