CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man who was shot by police in 2014 was arrested just after midnight in connection to the shooting death of a construction worker near Veterans Drive on St. Thomas last year, authorities said.
Azamba Galloway, 29 of Kirwan Terrace, was arrested about 12:24 a.m. Saturday by officers of the VIPD’s Special Operations Bureau and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Galloway was arrested on a warrant for first-degree murder and a warrant for reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Galloway was implicated in the shooting death of construction worker Curtis Fredericks on May 19, 2019 at the Edward Blyden Marine Terminal, according to the VIPD.
In an unrelated incident, on August 30, 2019, Galloway evaded officers during a traffic stop in the vicinity of Kmart Sugar Estate, attempting to run officers over with his vehicle.
At an advice-of-rights hearing, bail for Galloway was set at $500,000 for the murder charge and $50,000 for the assault charge. He was unable to post bail,and he was remanded to the custody of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections (BOC).
In 2014, Galloway was allegedly shot by police near an animal pen at the Kirwan Terrace housing project in Charlotte Amalie West. The injured man sued the police department after the shooting.
St. Thomas / St. John Police Chief Ludrick Thomas commended officers for their work in this and other cases.
“I appreciate the focused work of our officers, along with our Federal partners, to ensure our streets are safe,” Chief Thomas said. He encouraged the community to come forward with any information they may have on incidents to help the VIPD solve crimes.