Crime

21-Year-Old Man Shot Dead in Harvey Project; Police Commander Says He Was Person of Interest in Aug. 24 Homicide

ST. CROIX — A man was shot and killed Saturday morning in the Profit Hills Housing Community, also known as Harvey Project, the V.I. Police Department has announced. According to V.I.P.D. Director of Communications Glen Dratte, at about 9:31 a.m. today, the 911 Emergency Call Center  received several reports from concerned residents of the housing community, located in Estate Profit, who stated that shots were fired in the area and that there was one man down. Officers responded to the scene and discovered one male individual with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. The victim succumbed to injuries sustained as a result of the shooting and was pronounced dead by a medical examiner on the scene, according to the V.I.P.D. The deceased was identified by next of kin as 21-year-old Joshua Lee. Mr. Lee was a person of interest in one of two homicides that occurred on August 24, according to Commander Naomi Joseph, chief detective of the Criminal Investigations Bureau. During one of the ...