At approximately 3:53 p.m. on Friday, a citizen contacted 911 Dispatch and reported multiple shots fired and that a male had been shot in the area of Altona 34, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
Officers responded to the area at the same time the male, later identified by next of kin as 32-year-old Mario Lugo Florentino, was being transported via private vehicle to Schneider Regional Medical Center for emergency medical treatment. Florentino sustained multiple gunshot wounds about his body and at 4:11 p.m., he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased by the emergency room physician, according to the police report.
His death marks the 10th homicide of 2025 on St. Thomas, and the 21st for the territory, according to the Source Homicide List.*
This case is currently being investigated by the Major Crimes Unit. Anyone having any information can contact the VIPD at (340-774-2211) or the Criminal Investigation Unit’s Major Crimes Division at 340- 714-9823 or 340-714-9829. Individuals can also contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
*The Source Homicide List is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2025 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.
