Crime

Police Reveal Names Of Victims Injured During Saturday's Drive-By Shooting

ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department has released the names of the victims injured during Saturday's drive-by shooting incident that occurred near a Concordia gas station. The occurrence left a maroon Mercedes Benz riddled with bullets and two men who were traveling in it injured. It also activated a manhunt that spanned the Concordia intersection near the gas station, all the way to the stoplights near the Community United Methodist School and Daycare. The police, however, returned empty-handed, according to a press release issued on Sunday by the force's Media Specialist, Sakeeda Freeman. The victims were identified as 24-year-old Kareem Matias of the Harrigan Court area, who sustained gunshot wounds to his right hand and left leg, and 21-year-old Laquan Hill of Hannah's Rest, who sustained gunshot wounds to his left hand and a graze to his left shoulder. According to the release, the victims' wounds were non-life threatening. V.I.P.D. Officers O...