A man was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds early Friday in an abandoned structure in downtown St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
The emergency 911 Call Center was alerted by the ShotSpotter system to multiple shots fired in the area of lower Kronprindsens Gade at 2:32 a.m. Friday, according to the police report. Officers arriving on scene found an unresponsive man inside an abandoned wooden structure with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Emergency Medical Technicians determined he had no vital signs, police said.
The victim’s identity is unknown and pending notification of next of kin, the report stated.
His death marks the ninth homicide of the year on St. Thomas, and the 20th for the territory, according to the Source Homicide List.*
The case is under investigation by the Major Crimes Unit. Anyone with information is urged to contact the VIPD at 340-774-2211 or the Criminal Investigation Unit’s Major Crimes Division at 340-714-9823 or 340-714-9829. You can also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
*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.
