CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at approximately 10:28 p.m., 911 Central Dispatch received a call about shots being fired in the area of Goat Street (Prindsens Gade) and that a male in a vehicle was the victim.
When police arrived on the scene, they found a man who had been shot sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
“The victim stated that he was reversing into his residential parking lot space when an unknown black male opened fire on him,” VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte said.
The victim sustained several gunshot wounds about the body, according to Dratte.
He was transported via ambulance to the Schneider Regional Medical Center for a medical treatment.
This case is currently under active investigation by the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
Anyone with any information regarding this crime is urged to contact 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) at 340-774-2211 ext. 5579 or Crime Stoppers V.I. at 1-800-222-5477.
