VIPD: Quin’Lan ‘LilMac’ Chetram Shot To Death In Subbase Early Today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 23-year-old St. Thomas man was found shot to death near Subbase early this morning, authorities said.

Quin’Lan “LilMac” Chetram of Charlotte Amalie was positively identified by next of kin as the man who was killed, the Virgin Islands Police Department said this evening.

Quin’Lan “LilMac” Chetram , 23, on Facebook.

Patrol  officers found “an unresponsive black male in the area of Subbase” about 1:24 a.m. today, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.. 

“The male appeared to have sustained a gunshot wound to the body,” VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte said. “Emergency Medical Technicians concluded that the male did not have any vital signs.”

Chetram went to All Saints Cathedral School in St. Thomas, according to his Facebook profile page.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) at 340-774-2211 ext., 5569 or 340-714-9830.

You can also call 911, Crime Stoppers USVI at 1 (800) 222-8477, the chief’s office at 340-715-5548 or the commissioner’s office at 340-715-5500.

Quin’Lan “LilMac” Chetram, 23, on Facebook.

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.