Late-Night Gunfire Claims Life of Young St. Thomas Resident

ST. THOMAS — An shooting incident that occurred late Thursday night in the Bovoni Housing Community resulted in the death of a young man due to multiple gunshot wounds.

According to the V.I. Police Department, the ShotSpotter Detection System alerted law enforcement to gunshots at approximately 11:11 p.m. on Thursday.

Responding officers from the Mariel C. Newton Command arrived at the scene to find an unresponsive black male, later identified by family as 20-year-old Omar K. Fontaine, lying on the ground. Emergency Medical Technicians declared Fontaine deceased at the scene, confirming he had suffered multiple gunshot injuries.