Crime

Triple Homicide Rocks St. Croix as Three Men are Shot Dead in Princesse

ST. CROIX — Three men are dead on St. Croix in La Grande Princesse after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds during a Tuesday night shooting in the vicinity of a liquor store called Wa U Feel Like and the Titan Service Station, according to the V.I. Police Department. V.I.P.D. Director of Communications Glen Dratte said that at about 9:10 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center received reports of shots fired and immediately dispatched officers to the scene. Police officers and Emergency Medical Technicians determined that the three men were dead on arrival, according to Mr. Dratte. The bodies were transported to the Juan F. Luis Hospital by ambulance, where they will be then flown to St. Thomas for autopsy performance since the morgue at JFL — operated by the Medical Examiner's Office — is not in operation. Detectives cordoned off the area and were performing investigatory work, including the collection of shell casings and scanning surveillance cameras, the V.I.P.D. said. The identity...