Help Cops Find Shak-I Ward Wanted For Attempted Murder on St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a man wanted for attempted murder on St. Thomas.

Shak-I Ward, 36, of Bovoni, is wanted in connection to an attempted murder incident that took place today at the Estate Bovoni Apartments in St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Ward is a black male with brown eyes, black hair and a brown complexion. He stands 6-feet, 1-inches tall and weighs 250 pounds.

If you see Shak-I Ward, or know his whereabouts, you are urged to please contact 911, or the Chief’s Office at 340-715-5548, or Detective S. Rhymer of the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-774-2211 or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477.

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.