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Homicides 2023

The Source Homicide List is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2023 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as reported by the VIPD. Cases are broken down by island. While this listing is based on VIPD reports, the Source does not include suicides or vehicular homicides in its listing, which the police and some other media do. This can lead to a discrepancy in the number of incidents reported.

STT – 1
Territory – 1
Date of death – Jan. 15

The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report from a concerned citizen that a man had been shot in the area of Market Square on St. Thomas. The victim was identified as Marcos Antonio Benjamin Guerrero, a native of the Dominican Republic.

STT – 2
Territory – 2
Date of death – Jan. 18

Police and emergency medical technicians arrived at Coki Point Beach shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday to find Delroy Venzen shot to death, officials said Friday.

STX – 1
Territory – 3
Date of death – Jan. 21

A man on St. Croix was shot dead Saturday at Sunny Isle Shopping Center Parking Lot, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim has been identified by next of kin as 20-year-old Andy Christian, police said.

STT – 3
Territory – 4
Date of death – Jan. 29

A man on St. Thomas was shot and killed, marking the territory’s fourth homicide for 2023, the V.I. Police Department reported.

STT – 4
Territory – 5
Date of death – Feb. 13

Ajaye Thompson, 27, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds after callers to 911 reported hearing shots fired around 8:30 p.m. in the area of Estate Lovenlund Monday on St. Thomas.

STT – 6
Territory – 7
Date of death – Feb. 20

Responding to a call of shots fired around 2 a.m. Monday, V.I. Police arrived near Emancipation Garden on St. Thomas to find one person dead in a car and two others in the hospital — one of whom died a few hours later.

The identity of the first victim, found lying over the passenger seat of a dark-colored SUV, had not been released pending notification of family. Officers learned of the additional two victims later, after they had arrived at the Schneider Regional Medical Center emergency room with gunshot wounds, the VIPD said. One, identified by police as 21-year-old Taheem Monsanto, later succumbed to his injuries.

STT – 7
Territory – 8
Date of death – Feb. 24

A man was shot and killed Friday on St. Thomas, bringing the island’s total to seven for 2023, the V.I. Police Department reported. Next of kin identified the male as 68-year-old Keith A. Jennings of Agnes Fancy, it said.

STX – 2
Territory – 9
Date of death – March 2

A man was shot and killed on St Croix Thursday, bringing the island’s total to two homicides for 2023, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim has been identified as 31-year-old Akeem A. Javois, it said.

STX – 3
Territory – 10
Date of death – March 10

Randal Yates, 66, of Frederiksted, was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree assault on March 15 in the death of his companion, Kathryn Almony, 57, of William’s Delight, who was found dead on the bathroom floor of a Frederiksted residence on March 10.

STX – 4
Territory – 11
Date of death – April 2

A man was found shot to death during the early hours of Sunday morning. Next of kin was notified and the victim was identified as 66-year-old Milton Gordon who is also known as Bobo.

STX – 5
Territory – 12
Date of death – April 14

Hubert Lee Sr., 64, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Ersdale I. Joseph, who was run over by a car near the Grapetree Bay Hotel and Villas on St. Croix’s southeastern shore.

STX – 6
Territory – 13
Date of death – April 16

Jahmari Joshawn Santiago, 19, was found dead early Sunday morning after shots were fired as patrons were leaving the Climaxx nightclub on St. Croix. Five others were injured in the shooting.

STX – 7
Territory – 14
Date of death – April 20

A second victim in Sunday’s shooting has passed away after being taken off life support, the V.I. Police Department reported Thursday. The deceased was identified by next of kin as 19-year-old Ja’yomi Robe

STT – 8
Territory – 15
Date of death – April 29

Alrick Thomas, 54, was sweeping up St. Thomas Carnival debris when he was shot down around 8:30 Saturday evening, shortly after the Adult Parade had ended. Witnesses said Thomas may have asked 21-year-old Dion Johnson to delay driving on Kirke Staede, which runs from the Lutheran Church to Fort Christian, until the streets were cleared. Johnson allegedly replied with gunfire, spraying as many as 10 bullets into the crowded post-parade streets, witnesses said. Johnson tried to hide in the crowd, witnesses said, but police were on him almost immediately and threw him to the ground.

STT – 9
Territory – 16
Date of death – May 6

A woman was shot and killed on St. Thomas in the early morning hours of Saturday, the V.I. Police Department reported. The identity of the woman is unknown at this time, pending identification from her next of kin, police said.

STX – 8
Territory – 17
Date of death – May 21

A man was shot and killed in the early morning hours Sunday in Christiansted on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported. The scene was processed by the Forensic Unit personnel and the Medical Examiner’s office collected the remains of the victim, who was identified by his next of kin as 29-year-old Robinson Ramirez Robles, police said.

STX – 9
Territory – 18
Date of death – May 21

A St. Croix man succumbed to his injuries after being shot on St Croix Sunday, the Virgin Islands Police Department report. When VIPD arrived on the scene, they observed the lifeless body of a Black man who was later identified by his next of kin as 24-year-old Jamari Gardener.

STT – 10
Territory – 19
Date of death – June 9

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a gas station on St. Thomas Friday night, the V.I. Police Department reported. The unresponsive male was positively identified by next of kin as Leroy Corneilus Jr.

STX – 10
Territory – 20
Date of death – June 10

Another 16-year-old was shot and killed, this time on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported Sunday. The victim was identified by his next of kin as 16-year-old Amon Walcott.

STT – 11
Territory – 21
Date of death – July 4

V.I. Police Detective Delberth Phipps Jr., 42, was responding to a 911 call of a man carrying a firearm and wearing a bulletproof vest in the vicinity of Hospital Ground near “Jah Yard” just before 8 a.m. on July 4 when he was shot, according to the V.I. Police Department. He died of his injuries at Schneider Regional Medical Center.

The suspect, Richardson Dangleben Jr., 50, was in custody.

STT – 12
Territory – 22
Date of death – July 22

A 47-year-old man was shot and killed at a residence on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported. Emergency Medical Technicians, who were on the scene, concluded that the male had no vital signs. The male’s next of kin identified him as 48-year-old Steave Liverpool, said VIPD. 

The suspect, Richard Liverpool, 50, was in custody.

STX – 11
Territory – 23
Date of death – Aug. 2

A St. Croix man was shot in the head after a physical altercation with another man, the V.I. Police Department reported Thursday. The victim was later identified as 35-year-old Sheldon Liburd.

STT – 13
Territory – 24
Date of death – Aug. 11

Police on St. Thomas are looking into the circumstances that they say led to the death of a Waste Management Authority worker on Friday. WMA officials identified the man as 39-year-old sanitation technician Daryl Hodge.

STX – 12
Territory – 25
Date of death – Aug. 2

Two St. Croix men were victims of gunshots Saturday, leaving one man dead and another man injured, the V.I. Police Department reported. The deceased was identified by next of kin as Steadroy James.

STX – 13
Territory – 26
Date of death – Aug. 27

A St. Croix man was shot and killed while he was driving home, the V.I. Police Department reported Sunday. The victim’s next of kin identified him as 27-year-old Deshawn Demetrius Williams.

STT – 14
Territory – 27
Date of death – Sept. 4

Shemar Coward, 23, was taken by ambulance to Schneider Regional Medical Center after 911 was alerted to multiple shots being fired in the Sub Base area around 2:11 a.m. on Aug. 30. He died of his injuries on Monday, Sept. 4, police said.

STT – 15
Territory – 28
Date of death – Sept. 9

A man found dead in his car in the area of Nadir Hill on St. Thomas early Saturday morning has been identified as 53-year-old Terrence Rabsatt.

STT – 16
Territory – 29
Date of death – Sept. 12

Kiante Christopher, 25, died after an early afternoon shooting on Sept. 12 at the Kirwan Terrace housing community on the West End of St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.

STT – 17
Territory – 30
Date of death – Sept. 23

Archie Perry Jr., 39, was pronounced dead after a shooting late on Saturday, Sept. 23 on Turpentine Run Road on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.

STX – 14
Territory – 31
Date of death – Sept. 27

A man was found shot to death in Campo Rico, St. Croix, Wednesday, the V.I. Police Department reported.

STX – 15
Territory – 32
Date of death – Oct. 6

A man was shot multiple times while at a bar on St. Croix Friday, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim was identified by his next of kin as 43-year-old Elijah Abdula Jackson.

STT – 18
Territory – 33
Date of death – Oct. 21

A man was found shot to death in a parking lot in Havensight Saturday. The man was positively identified as 31-year-old Cursim Hansen by his next of kin, police said.

STT – 19
Territory – 34
Date of death – Nov. 5

Michael Ramos De La Cruz, 32, was found shot to death just after 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5 on Bjergs Gade on St. Thomas. 
STX – 16
Territory – 35
Date of death – Nov. 19
Jemmason Charles, 49, was found shot to death in Frederiksted, St. Croix on Nov. 19.

STX – 17
Territory – 36
Date of death – Dec. 1

Kjani Skeet, 21, succumbed to his injuries after being shot by a man he allegedly stabbed, police say.

STT – 20
Territory – 37
Date of death – Dec. 7

19-year-old Nashai Francis died Thursday after succumbing to gunshot injuries, police say.

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