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January 3rd, 2020
No one can save us but ourselves

Moleto A. Smith Jr (St Thomas, USVI resident)

Recently, I attended the funeral service of the husband of one of my employees.

He was gunned down about 3 weeks ago in Hospital Ground on St Thomas. From all accounts he was well-respected, ambitious, hard working and an entrepreneur with a passion to teach young people his trade. He was only 32 years. He leaves a wife and 3 young children. Sad. Tragic. Senseless.

January 2nd, 2020
Teen reportedly shoots self accidentally on St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- — A 15-year old male was wounded from a gunshot early Tuesday morning, December 31, 2019 near the Crucian Christmas Festival Village in Frederiksted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced.

December 23rd, 2019
6 shot, 3 dead in St Thomas weekend shootings

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) experienced a wave of violent crime over the weekend, including a shooting incident at the Starz Hotel that left four people shot and two dead.

December 21st, 2019
Unsolved: Police still hunting ‘Bushman’ killer/s

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Four years after his death, detectives from the Major Crime Investigations Team at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are still seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the perpetrator/s responsible for the murder of 28-year-old David N. James aka ‘Bushman’.

December 17th, 2019
19-year-old charged for allegedly shooting 16-year-old near day care

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 19-year-old Huntums Ghut man, Deschon Hodge, allegedly fired multiple gunshots, injuring a 16-year-old male in the process, while parents were picking up their infants from a day care in Huntums Ghut, Tortola, in a heavily trafficked area last Tuesday, December 10, 2019.

December 7th, 2019
Two shot, one dead in USVI Hospital Ground shooting

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ST. THOMAS, USVI - Two men were shot in the wee hours of Saturday morning, December 7, 2019, in Hospital Ground, St. Thomas, with one of the two victims succumbing to his wounds, sustained during the shooting.

November 27th, 2019
Florida dentist shot in back 6 times by 2 USVI men

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MIAMI, Florida, USA- A Florida dentist was shot six times from the back on Friday, November 22, 2019 outside her Hialeah, Florida office by two men from the US Virgin Islands (USVI), according to the Hialeah Police Department.

November 22nd, 2019
2 years today Trinity A. Moses & Franklyn E. Penn Jr were gunned down in WE

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Today, November 22, 2019 marks two years since the shocking shooting to death of 11-year-old Trinity A. Moses and 41-year-old Franklyn E. Penn Jr at West End, Tortola.

November 12th, 2019
9-year-old boy fatally shot in head in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A 9-year-old boy was shot in the head and died shortly after on Monday night, November 11, 2019, the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has confirmed.

September 28th, 2019
23-year-old gunned down outside USVI home

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ST. CROIX, USVI - A 23-year-old man was shot to death in Barren Spot on Wednesday night, September, 24, 2019, USVIPD Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.

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