CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after two “males” were found shot dead in the parking lot of a downtown shopping mall in St. Thomas on Sunday night.
The 911 Emergency Call Center reported “multiple shots fired and two males down at Vitraco Mall” at 9:13 p.m. Sunday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
“Officers found an unresponsive male — identified by family members as 38-year-old Marc J. Thomas — lying in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds and no vital signs,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.
The other unknown male victim with multiple gunshot wounds — was transported to the Schneider Regional Medical Center by ambulance for treatment, but later succumbed to his injuries, according to Derima.
The VIPD PIO confirmed on October 5 that the identified deceased man Thomas was arrested in connection to the May 2013 armed robbery of Hooters.
There is a discrepancy in the age of Marc Thomas between VIDOJ and police records that has not been accounted for.
Detectives are urging anyone with information on this incident to call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 714-9804, or anonymously to Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS.