View from Agnes Fancy, Estate Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and one woman critically wounded in Agnes Fancy early this morning.

Police received a report at 1:29 a.m. today that gunfire had been discharged in Agnes Fancy.

When police arrived on the scene they found an unresponsive white man lying prone in the roadway and a white woman lying on the ground moaning.

The man sustained a gunshot wound to the head along with several shots to his upper torso and was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.

The woman was also shot in the head and the lower left leg, but was still clinging to life when she was transported to the Schneider Regional Hospital and Medical Center for treatment. Her condition was listed as “serious” at that time.

No other information has been provided on the surviving person’s condition at the writing of this report.

The identities of the couple are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Anyone with information concerning this incident should call the Major Crimes Unit at (340) 642-8449, 911 or the anonymous tip service, Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477.