KINGSHILL — A St. Croix man was out washing his car late Monday afternoon when another vehicle pulled up — a man got out of the other vehicle and shot him — and then sped away.
Raj Darnell White, 21, of Barren Spot, was positively identified by next of kin as the shooting victim, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
The 911 Emergency Call Center received calls at 5:41 p.m. Monday of discharging of shots and a man down in the Estate Barren Spot neighborhood, according to the VIPD.
When police arrived on the scene they discovered a critically injured Black male lying on the ground In Barren Spot.
“The male was at home in his yard washing his vehicle when a black male exited a vehicle, discharged multiple shots at him, and jumped back into the vehicle and sped away in a southern direction,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.
The victim was transported to the Juan F. Luis Hospital where he succumbed to injuries sustained by the gunshot wounds, according to Dratte.
White was facing 17 years in prison on a gun possession charge from October 2021, Superior Court records indicate.
This case is currently under active investigation by the VIPD’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB).
The VIPD spelled the deceased’s name as “Raj Darnelle White,” but the Superior Court spelled his name “Raj Darnell White.” On Facebook, the shooting victim called himself “Raj White.”
Police sent the news of Mr. White’s shooting death to the Virgin Islands Free Press at 11:56 p.m. Monday.
Anyone with information about this fatal shooting is urged to contact 911, Criminal Investigation Bureau Tip-Line 340-778-4950, 340-778-2211 or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477.
