Help Police Find Attempted Murder Suspect Lafayette Artis On St. Croix

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KINGSHILL — Police are asking for your help to find an attempted murder suspect on St. Croix

Lafayette Artis, 29, is wanted for first-degree attempted murder and related crimes, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Artis is a black male with brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion. He stands 5-feet,11-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds.

He is known to frequent the Christiansted Boardwalk, Red Brick (D. Hamilton Jackson Terrace) and Grove Place areas of St. Croix, according to the VIPD.

If you see Lafayette Artis, please call 911 or make contact with CIB Detectives at the Wilbur Francis Command 340-778-2211.

If you know the whereabouts of Artis, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPs (8477).

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.