Video surveillance outside a bar on St. Croix revealed a man pulling out a handgun and firing shots into the air and then leaving the area, the V.I. Police Department reported Monday.
On May 31, at about 12:40 a.m., 911 received a report of discharging of gunshots near the Nirvana Bar & Lounge located in the Pan Am Pavilion in Christiansted. Upon the officers’ arrival at the scene, contact was made with a concerned citizen who stated that when a light skin male with dreadlocks wearing a white shirt and jeans exited the Nirvana Bar & Lounge, he pulled out a handgun and fired approximately five shots into the air and left the area, according to the police report.
A Criminal Investigation Bureau detective assigned to investigate the case found that the incident was caught on surveillance camera and the male who fired the shots was later identified as Hillman Faucher Jr. The surveillance video clearly showed Faucher firing his firearm while others were present near the establishment and the Pan Am Pavilion, the police report stated.
On Saturday, Faucher Jr., 33, was detained by Homeland Security Investigations
(HSI) at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, attempting to leave the island. HSI contacted VIPD
detectives, who placed Faucher under arrest for reckless endangerment in the first degree, the report stated.
Faucher was unable to post his $50,000 bail and was remanded to the John Bell Correctional Facility pending his advice of rights hearing, police said.
