Angelica V. Lee Photo Credit: THE VIRGIN ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
ST. THOMAS — In a followup release issued 11:06 a.m., V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima said a woman who fired shots on the campus of Antilles School in St. Thomas on Friday, Jan. 24, was arrested Tuesday night at about 7:19 p.m. In the originally release, Mr. Derima said the suspect had not been arrested.
The suspect has been identified as Angelica V. Lee, age 40 of Dronningens Gade, Charlotte Amalie. She was charged with discharging/aiming a firearm, third-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, use of firearm a during crime of violence, possession of firearm within 1000 feet of a school; brandishing, exhibiting or using a deadly weapon and disturbance of the peace in connection with this incident.
Unable to make bail of $66,000, Ms. Lee was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending her advisement hearing.
The V.I.P.D. said officers were dispatched to the private school shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, after two women who were providing contract work got into a verbal confrontation that escalated into a physical fight.
According to the V.I.P.D., one of the women, Ms. Lee, then retrieved her legally licensed firearm, shot two rounds in the air, and then pointed it at the other woman.
An Antilles School spokeswoman said the school is cooperating with police. “Antilles has a zero tolerance policy regarding gun use on campus, and has cancelled the company’s contract,” said Ananta Pancham, communications director at Antilles.
Police ask that anyone with information on this matter is asked to call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 774-2211 or contact Crime Stoppers USVI with an anonymous tip here.
