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ST. CROIX — The streets of \u00a0this island have turned into a war zone since the death of Jermaine “Bird” Williams<\/a><\/span>, who was gunned down while picking up his daughter at the George’s Christian Academy on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Today, another man sustained multiple gunshot wounds when the red, Honda Civic that he was driving was riddled with bullets from high-powered machine guns by assailants who drove past him near the stoplights at the intersection close to Central High School, and unleashed rapid fire from the victim’s right side, as he was traveling east, and to the front of the severely damaged car.<\/p>\n

The victim, Dwayne “DMX” Woodrup, lived; and is currently undergoing surgery. His condition is critical. According to VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson, last he heard, Woodrup was “clinging to life.”<\/p>\n

Crime scene images. Credit: The Virgin Islands Consortium.<\/h6>\n
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The road was cordoned off from the Superior Court on the west side, and at the Estate La Raine stoplights from the east. Investigators and detectives scanned and marked the area for evidence-gathering purposes, but the war was not over.<\/p>\n

Without warning, sirens started blaring as officers boarded their police vehicles and headed south — to Harvey\/Profit — as gunfire was reported in the area. The Consortium arrived on the scene, to the southwest portion of the housing community, but was turned away by officers, who were on guard with machine guns in hands.<\/p>\n

“Not now, it’s too dangerous,” one officer said.<\/p>\n

Because of the second incident, the stoplights located near the Diageo rum factory was blocked by officers. Reports later came in of gunfire in La Grande Princesse, but The Consortium was unable to gather further information about that incident at the time of publishing.<\/p>\n

Government House held a press conference at 12:00 noon today to discuss the surge in gun crime here. According to Jackson, who was at the conference, all peace officers within the territory will begin operating as regular police officers under the purview of the police commissioner. The National Guard was not summoned. There will also be various checkpoints on the island as officers work to quell the violence and bring perpetrators to justice.<\/p>\n

The Consortium will have a detailed report of today’s press conference later this afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Feature Image: Officers inspect red Honda Civic that was riddled with bullets near Central High School on Saturday.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Image Credit: The Virgin Islands Consortium.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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