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Single gunshot kills man on St Thomas, USVI

April 5th, 2016 | Tags: shot dead gun crime Bovoni VIPD Sakeeda Freeman
A man was pronounced dead in Bovoni, St Thomas, USVI on Monday night, April 4, 2016 after receiving a single gunshot wound, (US) Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Photo: File
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A man was pronounced dead in Bovoni, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Monday night, April 4, 2016 after receiving a single gunshot wound, (US) Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

According to Ms Freeman, citing a police report, at about 10:26 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to a report of a shooting victim in the vicinity of Sanchez Town, located in Bovoni.

The report says officers converged on the scene and located the body of an unresponsive black male, who had sustained a single gunshot wound and was lying on the floor of Green Bar. Emergency medical technicians on the scene stated that the victim, later identified by next of kin as 35-year-old Calvin Garvey, showed no vital signs of life.

Police are asking anyone with information concerning this homicide incident to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 340-714-9823, 911 or the anonymous tip service, Crime Stoppers USVI, at 1-800-222-8477.

3 Responses to “Single gunshot kills man on St Thomas, USVI”

  • Urban (05/04/2016, 20:54) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    oh dear gun city again seems like one a day
  • yes (05/04/2016, 22:15) Like (4) Dislike (7) Reply
    Man stop reporting this nonsense about the USVI. We know they dont have nothing good in their heads but guns and killing. Set of uneducated idiots. Its simple one shot one then he/she get shot by police. No arrest. idiots.
  • 47 (06/04/2016, 08:09) Like (20) Dislike (1) Reply
    this was the work of a master


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