ST. CROIX — Virgin Islands Police Department officers are currently processing a crime scene on Hill Street in Christiansted, after a man was shot to death there, upping the territory’s homicide death toll this year to 44, the 43rd being a shooting death of a firefighter in St. Thomas.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred around 8:24 p.m. on Friday, according to the 911 emergency call center. A Consortium reporter arrived on the scene at about 10:55 p.m., where multiple detectives were still investigating the matter. A coroner’s van was also seen, likely to transport the body of the deceased.<\/p>\n
Identification of the victim, a black male, was still pending next of kin notification at time of writing.<\/p>\n
V.I.P.D. Public Information Glen Dratte said he was waiting on information from detectives on the scene before he could share any information with media.<\/p>\n
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Feature Image: V.I.P.D. detectives investigating a crime scene on Market Street in Christiansted. Also on the scene was a coroner’s van, used to transport deceased bodies. (Credit: VIC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ST. CROIX — Virgin Islands Police Department officers are currently processing a crime scene on Hill Street in Christiansted, after a man was shot to death there, upping the territory’s homicide death toll this year to 44, the 43rd being a shooting death of a firefighter in St. Thomas. The incident occurred around 8:24 p.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,4400,11,191,147],"tags":[5663,2844,5662,679],"yoast_head":"\n