Man Shot Dead In Bovoni

ST. THOMAS — A man was shot to death in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in Bovoni, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced. (The release was reissued to The Consortium this morning, as it did not arrive in the publication’s inbox when first emailed.)

According to Mr. Dratte, at approximately 1:56 a.m. Tuesday, officers from the V.I.P.D.’s Major Crimes Unit were dispatched to the Bovoni Housing Community, at Building B, for discharging of shots and reports of a man sustaining gunshot wounds.

Upon officers’ arrival to the location, they met an unresponsive black male lying on the ground near Building B with multiple gunshot wounds about his body, according to Mr. Dratte.

The deceased, identified by next of kin as 29-year-old Harim Prince, was transported to the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center morgue by an attendant.

As of Saturday, the case was under investigation, Mr. Dratte said. The V.I.P.D. is asking anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the person or persons involved, to contact the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-774-2211, Crime Stoppers VI with an anonymous tip here, or 911.