VIPD Releases Dramatic Photos Of ‘Person Of Interest’ Carrying A Gun After Fatal Shooting

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Croix News

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department released two dramatic photos of a “person of interest” in the fatal shooting that took place at the corners of Market and King Streets late Sunday afternoon.

In the photos, a Black man with a slim build in a white t-shirt with blue jeans is seen running down King Street — with a gun in his hand, according to the VIPD.

“The VIPD has a person of interest in the shooting that occurred in downtown Frederiksted on August 16 that left 27-year-old Joseph Leonardo Clarke dead,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said tonight.

Anyone who knows who the person is in these photos is urged to call the Crime Tip Line at (340) 778-4950 or Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS.

John McCarthy

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.