ST. CROIX — Two men wanted in connection with a first-degree murder incident that took place in June 2017 were rearrested while in prison following warrants issued by a Superior Curt judge on Thursday, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Saturday.
According to the release, on Sunday June 4, 2017, at approximately 2:40 p.m., the 911 emergency call center dispatched officers to a discharging of shots report at the Ruby M. Rouss Housing Complex in Christiansted.
Upon the officers’ arrival to the housing community, they conducted a search of the area and observed a large crowd to the rear of the inside of an apartment. As the officers began making their way to the rear of the apartment, they encountered a male individual lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head. The individual was eventually identified as Dean Schneider, 23. Mr. Schneider succumbed to his injuries at the Juan F. Luis Hospital, according to Mr. Dratte.
Police officers transmitted via police radio that the suspects fled the area in a heavily tinted, unknown silver SUV, according to Mr. Dratte.
On Thursday, arrest warrants were signed by a Superior Court judge for K’Shawn Hughes, 20, and Andre Auguste, 27, for the murder of Mr. Schneider, according to police. The warrants were executed by detectives on Friday.
Both individuals have been remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending their advisement hearing after failing to make bail of $1 million each.
The V.I.P.D. is asking anyone with information about this crime to contact the force at 340-778-2211. You can also send an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers USVI here.
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