{"id":17374,"date":"2015-02-09T20:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=17374"},"modified":"2015-02-10T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T09:19:39","slug":"st-croix-man-shot-dead-in-estate-grove-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=17374","title":{"rendered":"St. Croix Man Shot Dead In Estate Grove Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man identified as\u00a0\u00a037-year-old Mustafa Williams was shot dead Monday, at about 11:46 a.m., in Estate Grove Place,\u00a0in the vicinity of the Eulalie Rivera Elementary School, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson has announced.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pp_gallery\">\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a title=\"grove_murder_8\" class=\"swipebox\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_8.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_8-72x43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a title=\"grove_murder_5\" class=\"swipebox\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_51.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_51-72x43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a title=\"grove_murder_6\" class=\"swipebox\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_61.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_61-72x43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a title=\"grove_muder_1\" class=\"swipebox\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_muder_1.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_muder_1-72x43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a title=\"grove_murder_10\" class=\"swipebox\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_10.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_10-72x43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a title=\"grove_murder_3\" class=\"swipebox\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_31.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/grove_murder_31-72x43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"clear\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Jackson, 911 dispatchers received a call of shots being fired near the elementary school and proceeded to dispatch police officers to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>When the officers arrived, however, they met an unresponsive black male laying in the vicinity of #15C Grove Place.\u00a0Emergency Medical Services were called to the scene, but found no vital signs on the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u00a0was shot multiple times, and according to sources, the weapons used released shots at a rapid rate, akin to an AK 47.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not identified any suspects;\u00a0however, detectives with the Major Crimes Division continue to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second shooting death\u00a0on St. Croix this year.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information concerning the shooting\u00a0is asked to contact the Major Crimes Unit at (340) 642-8449, the Internal Affairs Bureau at (340) 774-2452, 911 or the anonymous tips service, Crime Stoppers USVI, at 1-800-222-8477.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Feature Image: Rescue personnel wash down crime scene in Estate Grove Place.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man identified as\u00a0\u00a037-year-old Mustafa Williams was shot dead Monday, at about 11:46 a.m., in Estate Grove Place,\u00a0in the vicinity of the Eulalie Rivera Elementary School, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson has announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,11,191,147],"tags":[1090,1091],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>St. Croix Man Shot Dead In Estate Grove Place - V.I. 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