Crime

Man Shot In Chest Near Estate Glynn Cockpit

ST. CROIX -- Violence continues to rock the Virgin Islands as yet another man was shot on Thursday night on this island, sending him into surgery as Juan F. Luis Hospital remained on lockdown throughout the night. The Consortium was tipped by multiple sources and contacted V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte for more information. According to Mr. Dratte, the incident, which occurred near the Cockpit (a place where chickens fight) in Estate Glynn just after 8:00 p.m., involved a man who was sitting in his truck when someone, riding on a motorcycle, rode up near the victim and shot him in the upper chest, and sped away towards Mon Bijou. The victim was rushed to the hospital and went into surgery. This shooting follows an incident at the John F. Kennedy Housing Community a day earlier, that left Dwayne “DMX” Woodrup — who was shot multiple times in September 2015 while driving a red Honda Civic on Centerline Road (Queen Mary Highway) near the Central High School, during a bar...