FREDERIKSTED — Police have named 34-year-old Ivan James as the primary suspect in the double homicide at the Coliseum Cockpit in Estate Glynn on February 17.
The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) established a hotline for anyone with information to call in on. The numbers are (340) 778 2211 extension 6126 or extension 6092.
James, of Estate La Grange, was one of four people named a “person of interest” by the VIPD.
Two of the others, 37-year-old Jamal J. Young and 38-year-old Elijah Jackson were interviewed by police recently and cleared.
Malachi Benjamin, 23, remains a person of interest in connection with the murders until police can talk to him.
James is suspected in the deaths Saturday of 32-year-old Luis Colon and 46-year-old Jacobo Garcia. According to the VIPD, officers were dispatched at 3:49 p.m. to the Cockpit where shots had been reported. Colon and Garcia died wounds they sustained during the shooting.
According to police, James stands 5-feet 9-inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He lives in Frederiksted.
A $10,000 reward is being offered by Crimestoppers USVI for information leading to the arrest of James.
Police urged anyone who comes in contact with any of these men or knows their whereabouts to call the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 778-2211, 911, or the anonymous top service, Crime Stoppers USVI, at 1-800-222-8477.
WANTED ST. CROIX MAN: Malachi Benjamin