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December 19th, 2016
‘Who is next?’ The big question on gun crime- Doug Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the recent spate of armed robberies in the Virgin Islands and with the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) not being able to close in on the perpetrators, the big question on many minds is “Who is next?”

December 17th, 2016
Gun crime rules the VI: Where is the Governor & Police Commissioner?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- If there was a local appointed Governor or a local or Caribbean Police Commissioner in the Virgin Islands and crime, in particular gun crimes, were out of control like it is there would have been calls by the Opposition, the media, civil society and talk show hosts for their heads.

December 17th, 2016
Safety first

Dickson Igwe

In late November 2016, the Virgin Islands Commissioner of Police, an exceptionally competent professional in this Old Boy’s opinion, alluded to the links between national safety and the economy. The Commissioner further stated that despite issues of the failure of members of a very small interconnected community, reluctant to report the criminal activity of relatives, the Virgin Islands remained a very safe territory.

December 16th, 2016
$15,000 bounty on USVI baby killer’s head

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— As the St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) community continues to mourn this week’s murder of a 17-month-old child who was shot during what Government House described as a drive-by shooting, in a drive-by, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp today, December 16, 2016 announced an increase in the reward by an anonymous donor.

December 15th, 2016
Baby killed, 2 others injured in shooting on STT

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A mother must live with the horror of witnessing the death of her 17-month-old baby, who was killed after being struck in her left chest by a bullet on Wednesday night, December 14, 2016 on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI).

December 14th, 2016
Gun crime situation in VI worrying- Doug Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Talk show host Doug Wheatley has taken note of the apparent increase in crime, especially gun crime, calling it a “worrying” situation while on his Speak Out BVI radio show on ZBVI 780 AM on Tuesday December 13, 2016.

December 1st, 2016
Gunshots fired at car in the Havers area on Tortola

HAVERS ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Around 9:00 P.M. this evening, December 1, 2016 it was reported that a man, along with a passenger, driving to his home in the Havers area on the main island of Tortola was shot at.

July 31st, 2016
Innocent bystander shot dead in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE St Thomas, USVI — Forty people have died so far by homicide in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) this year, four of which were vehicular. The latest incident, which occurred in the wee hours of Saturday morning, July 30, 2016, left an innocent bystander — a female St Thomian who was only 20 years old — dead during a shooting that she had no involvement in.

July 13th, 2016
Man injured in Baughers Bay shooting

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- A man was rushed to Peebles Hospital with injuries following a shooting in Baughers Bay, on the main island of Tortola, this afternoon, July 13, 2016.

April 29th, 2016
Man, 22, shot to death in STT, USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A young man was found lying face down with multiple gunshot wounds about his body in the wee hours of Thursday morning, April 28, 2016 in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced.

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