{"id":42689,"date":"2016-07-29T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=42689"},"modified":"2016-07-29T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T10:37:56","slug":"man-shot-in-chest-near-estate-glynn-cockpit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=42689","title":{"rendered":"Man Shot In Chest Near Estate Glynn Cockpit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Violence continues to rock the Virgin Islands as yet another man was shot on Thursday night on this island, sending him into surgery as Juan F. Luis Hospital remained on lockdown throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p>The Consortium was tipped by multiple sources and contacted V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte for more information.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Dratte, the incident, which occurred near the Cockpit (a place where chickens fight) in Estate Glynn just after 8:00 p.m., involved a man who was sitting in his truck when someone, riding on a motorcycle, rode up near the victim and shot him in the upper chest, and sped away towards Mon Bijou.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was rushed to the hospital and went into surgery.<\/p>\n<p>This shooting follows an incident at the John F. Kennedy Housing Community <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/breaking-news\/gunshots-rattle-john-f-kennedy-housing-community-one-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\">a day earlier<\/a><\/span>, that left\u00a0Dwayne \u201cDMX\u201d Woodrup \u2014 who was <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/red-honda-civic-riddled-with-bullets-near-central-high-school-victim-in-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\">shot multiple times in September 2015<\/a><\/span> while driving a red Honda Civic on Centerline Road (Queen Mary Highway) near the Central High School, during a <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/acting-governor-osbert-potter-declares-state-of-emergency-curfew-not-issued\/\" target=\"_blank\">barrage of shooting incidents that month<\/a><\/span> and was airlifted out of the territory for emergency care \u2014 critically wounded but still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dratte said the V.I.P.D. is continuing its investigations into both matters, and the force is asking anyone with information that may lead to the arrest assailants to contact\u00a0the Investigation Bureau at 340-774-2211 ext. 5579 and 5557. Residents can also contact 911, Crime Stoppers V.I., the chief\u2019s office at 340-715-5548 or the commissioner\u2019s office at 340-715-5506.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Violence continues to rock the Virgin Islands as yet another man was shot on Thursday night on this island, sending him into surgery as Juan F. Luis Hospital remained on lockdown throughout the night. The Consortium was tipped by multiple sources and contacted V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte for more information. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,4400,191,147],"tags":[209,679,71,121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man Shot In Chest Near Estate Glynn Cockpit - V.I. 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