Police Reveal Names Of Victims Injured During Saturday's Drive-By Shooting

ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Police Department has released the names of the victims injured during Saturday’s drive-by shooting incident that occurred near a Concordia gas station. The occurrence left a maroon Mercedes Benz riddled with bullets and two men who were traveling in it injured. It also activated a manhunt that spanned the Concordia intersection near the gas station, all the way to the stoplights near the Community United Methodist School and Daycare.

The police, however, returned empty-handed, according to a press release issued on Sunday by the force’s Media Specialist, Sakeeda Freeman.

The victims were identified as 24-year-old Kareem Matias of the Harrigan Court area, who sustained gunshot wounds to his right hand and left leg, and 21-year-old Laquan Hill of Hannah’s Rest, who sustained gunshot wounds to his left hand and a graze to his left shoulder. According to the release, the victims’ wounds were non-life threatening.

V.I.P.D. Officers On Manhunt

Feature Image: Police officers guard a pathway to the north of Kmart West where special operations officers were conducting a search for suspects involved in Saturday’s drive-by shooting.

Image Credit: VIC.

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