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March 1st, 2021
11 shot, 4 dead in separate shootings in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, February 28, 2021, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences.

February 12th, 2021
VI’s violent crimes an ‘unacceptable phenomenon’ – Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – With three fatal shootings rocking the territory since the start of 2021, Honestly Speaking radio host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called the gun violence unacceptable for the Virgin Islands.

February 10th, 2021
‘We must reject the spirit of criminality’- Opposition Leader

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following the slaying of businessman and prominent horse owner, Earl D. Hodge aka ‘Bob’ last evening, February 9, 2021, and two fatal shootings last week, Opposition Leader Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) has urged Virgin Islanders to understand that it is their moral and civic responsibility to neither condone nor support criminality nor to impede the process of justice.

February 10th, 2021
UPDATE: Earl D. Hodge aka ‘Bob’ is man fatally shot in Hannah’s

HANNAH’S ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Police have confirmed that the man shot dead in Hannah’s Estate in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, last night, February 9, 2021, is businessman and champion horse owner Earl D. Hodge aka ‘Bob’.

February 5th, 2021
Rodney A. Simmonds & Andrew J. Skerritt confirmed as shooting death victims

CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Prominent Virgin Islands (VI) businessman and The Boys Service Station co-owner Rodney A. Simmonds along with another man identified as Andrew J. Skerritt have been named as the victims in today’s Friday, February 5, 2021 shooting deaths that have rocked the island of Tortola.

January 3rd, 2021
USVI records first 2021 homicide on New Year's Day

VI CONSORTIUM

CRUZ BAY, St John, USVI - The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) has recorded its first homicide for 2021 on Friday, January 1, 2021, representing the first shooting to a death in the territory for the new year.

December 29th, 2020
USVIPD warns against firing gunshots in air

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALE, St Thomas, USVI - The USVI Police Department is urging locals with guns to abstain from firing gunshots into the air on New Year's Eve, as the result could turn deadly and those responsible could be jailed.

December 28th, 2020
Frederiksted shooting death brings USVI homicides to 47 for 2020

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St. Croix, USVI - The U.S. Virgin Islands recorded its 47th homicide for 2020 on Sunday night, December 27, 2020, after a man was shot dead in Frederiksted on Fish Street.

December 5th, 2020
Driver allegedly opens fire in proximity of EE Police Station

EAST END, Tortola, VI – Information reaching our newsroom is that a driver reportedly opened fire in close proximity of the East End Police Station, shortly after midnight this morning Saturday, December 5, 2020.

November 30th, 2020
UPDATE: VG shooting victims allege unknown person opened fire on them

SPRING BAY, Tortola, VI- The two men who were shot sometime after 12 noon yesterday, Sunday, November 29, 2020, have allegedly told police they were fired upon by an unknown person while at Spring Bay on Virgin Gorda.

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