Man Shot By Police After Attempting To Rob Off-Duty Officer

ST. THOMAS -- An off-duty officer wound up shooting an assailant who attempted to rob him at gunpoint, after being fired upon several times, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced today. According to Ms. Freeman, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning at about 3:46 a.m., officers responded to the robbery, which occurred in the vicinity of the Department of Labor (D.O.L.) on Kronprindsens Gade road. Upon arrival to the scene, contact was made with another off-duty officer, who stated that a fellow officer was robbed by an armed male individual while off duty. The officer who almost became the victim of the gunpoint robbery, said that while travelling along Kronprindsens Gade, he stopped at the stop light near D.O.L. and was suddenly approached by a male on a bike, wearing all black and a black ski mask, who then pointed a black handgun to his face. According to this officer, the suspect told him to, “give it up,” referring to a chain the officer was wearing, and then attempt...