A man was hospitalized early Friday after shots were fired near Divi Carina Casino on St. Croix, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
Police said the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call at approximately 12:11 a.m. Friday reporting shots fired in the vicinity of Divi Carina Casino. Moments later, 911 received another call reporting a gunshot victim, according to the police report.
When officers arrived, they observed a vehicle with multiple bullet holes that had crashed into a palm tree and a large amount of spent casings in the roadway near Divi Carina Hotel, the police report stated.
The victim, an adult male, was transported by private vehicle to the Juan F. Luis Hospital emergency room. He sustained a gunshot wound to the left side of his abdomen, was admitted to the hospital and is in stable condition, the report stated.
The case remains under active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-778-2211 or Crime Stoppers VI at 800-222-8477.
