John McCarthy
CHRISTIANSTED — Two people were listed in stable condition after being injured in a shooting at D. Hamilton Jackson Terrace late Wednesday night.
Virgin Islands Police spokesman Glen Dratte said he did not immediately know the ages of the man and woman shot, but said that they were “standing outside Building 2 talking and two cars drove up and started firing at them.”
Dratte said the 911 Emergency Call Center was contacted around 9:43 p.m. with reports about shots fired. Each shooting victim was taken to the Luis Hospital via private vehicle for treatment, he said.
An apartment in the complex was hit by stray bullets, damaging windows and three parked cars were hit by stray gunfire, Dratte said, adding that while the apartment was occupied at the time, no one was hurt.
The police investigation into this most recent shooting at “Red Brick” is ongoing.
On December 28, 2021, a man was shot dead and another was injured during a shooting incident near the D. Hamilton Jackson Terrance beach.
Two days later police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting: Francis Javaughn, 19, of the Ruby Rouse housing project and charged him with murder in connection with the incident. Bail was set at $1 million.
