{"id":16587,"date":"2015-01-27T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=16587"},"modified":"2015-01-30T01:27:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T01:27:49","slug":"st-thomas-man-shot-dead-in-hidden-valley-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=16587","title":{"rendered":"St. Thomas Man Shot Dead In Hidden Valley Apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: This is an update to a\u00a0shooting death VIPD first reported as having take\u00a0place at Tutu High-Rise apartments on Monday, Jan. 26. Police\u00a0are now reporting the shooting took place at Hidden Valley Apartments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 26\u00a0at about 6:15 p.m., St. Thomas police were called to the scene of gunshots fired in the vicinity of Bldg. 21 at the Hidden Valley\u00a0Apartments. When they\u00a0arrived at the location, they found an unresponsive male victim suffering from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The man has been identified as 21-year-old Ezekiah Joseph, who was pronounced dead at the scene by\u00a0Emergency Medical Technicians and taken to the Schneider Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being investigated by Major Crime Bureau Detectives, who are asking\u00a0anyone with information about the shooting to call (340) 714-9833, ext. 5618; (340) 714-9843, ext. 5619; (340) 718-9823, ext. 5617, 911 or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting is the fifth homicide reported in the territory for 2015. It is the third on St. Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This is an update to a\u00a0shooting death VIPD first reported as having take\u00a0place at Tutu High-Rise apartments on Monday, Jan. 26. Police\u00a0are now reporting the shooting took place at Hidden Valley Apartments. 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