A shooting just before 10 a.m. Wednesday on St. Croix has left one man dead, the V.I. Police Department reported.
According to the report, shots were reported around 9:40 a.m. in the area of the Sunny Isle Shopping Center parking lot.
Responding officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported by ambulance to Juan F. Luis Hospital but died of his injuries, police said.
The victim was identified by next of kin as Alex A. Burgos, 42. His death marks the fourth homicide on St. Croix this year, and the seventh for the territory, according to the Source Homicide List.*
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-778-2211, or Crime Stoppers V.I. at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
*The Source Homicide List is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2025 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as reported by the VIPD. Cases are broken down by island. While this listing is based on VIPD reports, the Source does not include suicides or vehicular homicides in its listing, which the police and some other media do. This can lead to a discrepancy in the number of incidents reported.
