Man Killed in Mid-Morning Shooting on St. Croix, Police Report

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.*