3 wounded after shots fired in Bovoni

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police officers responded to shots fired in the Bovoni area of St. Thomas on Friday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Emergency 911 dispatchers received calls starting about 7:57 p.m. from concerned citizens that one man was shot. according to the VIPD.

But, when officers arrived on scene, they were told that two additional men were transported to Schneider Regional Medical Center by ambulance, VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said.

All three men were treated for their gunshot wounds, according to Chichester.

The CIB Major Crimes Division is currently investigating this case and is asking anyone with information to please call 911, or the Criminal Investigations 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.