Feuding Neighbors Choose Gunfire To Settle Dispute In Union and Mt. Washington

CHRISTIANSTED — Two feuding neighbors tried to settle a dispute in Estate Union and Mt. Washington by firing their guns and causing property damage, authorities said.

Members of the Criminal Investigation Bureau investigated a complaint of reckless endangerment in
Union and Mt. Washington after two neighbors fired multiple shots at each other causing property damage, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Investigation revealed that the neighbors have been feuding for a while and that during a
verbal disturbance someone opened fire and multiple shots were discharged from both sides
of the property line,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.

This shooting is currently under active investigation. If you have any information that might be helpful to police please call 911.

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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.