Police Make 'Swift' Arrest In Saturday's Hospital Ground Murder on St. Thomas

Police Make ‘Swift’ Arrest In Saturday’s Hospital Ground Murder on St. Thomas

Police Make 'Swift' Arrest In Saturday's Hospital Ground Murder on St. Thomas

ACCUSED OF HOSPITAL GROUND MURDER: AUBREY FRETT, 29, OF ST. THOMAS

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police arrested a St. Thomas man today and charged him with the Saturday murder of Jerome Turnbull in Hospital Ground.

Aubrey Frett, 29, was arrested at 10:45 a.m. today based on an arrest warrant issued by a Magistrate of the Superior Court, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Frett is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, third-degree assault, unauthorized possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to the VIPD.

Bail was set at $200,000. Frett was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections Detention Center pending further court hearings.

Turnbull, 44, was shot multiple times in Hospital Ground on late Saturday afternoon and died from the gunshots he sustained.

Police Make 'Swift' Arrest In Saturday's Hospital Ground Murder on St. Thomas

THE VICTIM: JEROME TURNBULL, 44.