CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police have identified the man fatally shot at the shuttered Embers Guest House in St. Thomas on Saturday as 54-year-old Pedro Nolazco Gutierrez Puntier of the Dominican
Republic.
Police said they found Gutierrez-Puntier with multiple gunshot wounds in Contant shortly after 9:25 p.m. on December 21 where he was pronounced dead.
Additionally, six other victims, who sustained gunshot wounds, were taken to the Schneider Regional Medical Center for treatment.
The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The death brings the total number of homicides reported in the territory so far this year to 44, including 23 on St. Thomas and 21 on St. Croix.
This case is being actively investigated by the Major Crimes Unit.
Anyone with information about this fatal shooting is urged to please contact the Virgin Islands Police Department at 340-774-2211 or the Criminal Investigation Unit’s Major Crimes Division at 340-714-9823 or 340-714-9829. You can also call Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477.
