Crime

Police Say Fight Led to Shooting of 20-Year-Old Woman on Highway

ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Police Department said Monday that a fight led to the shooting and killing of 20-year-old Reynisha Juanita Rivera. Ms. Rivera was targeted and followed while she was driving on the Melvin Evans Highway on Sunday, Sept. 13 near the intersection at the Economic Development Authority's Industrial Park. Her pursuers then shot her to death while she was driving. Naomi Joseph, chief of detectives at the V.I.P.D., said of the crime, "The why is a fight that occurred and the answer to that is revenge. So this was about revenge." The incident stunned a community already overwhelmed with senseless killings. Less than a month earlier, a 16-year-old named Tintawee Christian — a promising young man praised by teachers and students alike — was gunned down while walking home in Sion Farm, his neighborhood. He was believed to be uninvolved in any matter that may have prompted retaliation. As for Ms. Rivera, she was believed to be a young individual with a lot of drive...