Legislative Enforcement Officer Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting at Neighbor During Lawn Dispute

ST. CROIX – A man who works in the Legislature as an enforcement officer is now facing charges of attempted murder after shooting at a neighbor during a dispute over lawn care.  According to court documents, police were summoned to a residence in Estate St. John, Christiansted on Wednesday morning to investigate reports of shots fired in the area. Responding officers spoke to a woman who said that her neighbor Yahya Daniel had discharged his firearm in her son's direction.  Daniel also reportedly called the 911 Emergency Call Center to report his actions, which he said were in response to stone throwing by the son in question.  Officers first asked Daniel to disarm, a request to which he reportedly reluctantly complied. When they spoke to the woman's son, he told them that Daniel had been cutting the grass near the fence that separates the two properties. The man said he asked Daniel to stop cutting the grass, as the activity was causing stones to be flung up, striking the 40-foot t...