ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Police Department on Wednesday revealed the identity of a female victim who was gunned down on Tuesday just after 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte, said the victim, who was discovered unresponsive lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds about her body, was identified by next of kin as 23-year-old Shauntol Yearwood. Ms. Yearwood was pronounced dead on the scene and was transported to the Juan F. Luis Hospital by morgue attendants, according to Mr. Dratte.<\/p>\n
Residents reported hearing multiple gunshots being fired in the Clifton Hill community, and moved to contacted the 911 emergency call center at about 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, according to Mr. Dratte.<\/p>\n
Police had cordoned off the Clifton Hill entrance across from the container port road. The Estate Profit entrance road across from the Diageo Rum factory was open, but further up that road, an entrance leading inside the Clifton Hill community was also blocked by officers, as detectives were investigating a portion of the crime scene where a white car that had been damaged by bullets had stopped.<\/p>\n
Sometime after 6:00 p.m., an ambulance carrying Ms. Yearwood left the scene; although two people were in the car, only the female victim was injured, according to Mr. Dratte.<\/p>\n