John McCarthy
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Free Press has obtained the first photos of Miguel Angel Cruz who was shot to death behind a Sunny Isle-area gas station on Sunday night.
There are unofficial reports that Cruz, 28, was homeless at the time of his death and had bothered a young person in a fast food restaurant earlier that day.
“I was told that a homeless man was harassing a kid earlier in McDonald’s and they caught up to him at the gas station,” a source close to the police investigation told the V.I. Free Press.
His family told a source close to the V.I. Freep that Cruz was coping with mental issues at the time of his death and was involved with some things and people — that he shouldn’t have been.
Police say they are actively investigating how Cruz ended up dead of a single gunshot wound behind the Gas For Less Service Station about 11:26 p.m. on Sunday.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau is actively investigating this incident and is asking anyone with information to please call the CIB Crime line at (340) 778-4950, Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477 or 911.
http://www.visuperiorcourt.org/calendar/pdfs/Jury%20criminal%20trial%20calendar-DAB-5-22-17.pdf
MIGUEL ANGEL CRUZ IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS
