VIPD detectives and officers respond to the Smithfield / Two Brothers area, where 23-year-old Nathaniel Heywood was shot and killed. Photo Credit: TOBY DERIMA FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT
ST. CROIX — A St. Croix man identified by next of kin as 23-year-old Nathaniel Heywood was pronounced dead on the scene of a shooting that occurred Saturday morning in the Smithfield / Two Brothers area, just east of the Walter I. M. Hodge Pavilion housing community, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced.
According to the police report, the 911 Emergency Call Center received notification of the incident at about 11:48 a.m. and immediately dispatched officers to the area.
Upon their arrival to the scene, officers discovered Heywood, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds about his body. Emergency Medical Technicians on the scene made a check of the victim and concluded that he had no vital signs, Mr. Derima said.
Police said the case is under investigation. The V.I.P.D. is asking anyone with information about this homicide to call the Crime TipLine at (340) 778-4950, or send an anonymous to Crime Stoppers USVI here.
