Crime

Three Suspects Carjack Ford Explorer in Salt River; Woman Shot, Man Stabbed in St. Thomas

The V.I.P.D. on Wednesday reported multiple crime incidents affecting St. Croix and St. Thomas, including a carjacking that occurred in Salt River on St. Croix, and an incident in St. Thomas that left a woman wounded by gunfire and man injured with stab wounds. Carjacking at Salt River Beach According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, this morning at 1:18 a.m., a male individual went to the Ancilmo Marshall Command police station in Christiansted to report that he was robbed. The victim reported that at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, he was sitting in his white 2016 Ford Explorer at Salt River Beach when he observed a white, four-door Ford F-150 truck drive up. The victim was then approached by three males — dressed in black clothing with black t-shirts over their faces — who ordered him out his vehicle. After the victim complied, two of the suspects left the area in the victim's vehicle, and the third suspect left in the Ford F-150. The victim was able to find his...