A man accused of firing multiple shots outside the Frontline Night Club on St. Croix in July has been extradited to the Virgin Islands to face several charges, the Virgin Islands Police Department.
The 911 Emergency Call Center received numerous reports of gunfire at the Frontline Night Club around 1:16 a.m. on July 5. A detective from the Criminal Investigation Bureau responded and spoke with several witnesses who identified the shooter as Jose Osorio Jr., according to the police report.
Investigators later determined that Osorio did not have a license to possess a firearm or ammunition in the territory. Despite multiple attempts to locate him, detectives learned that Osorio had fled to the U.S. mainland. A Superior Court judge subsequently issued an arrest warrant, followed by a warrant of extradition to bring him back to St. Croix, the police report stated.
On Friday, the 31-year-old suspect was returned to the territory and taken into custody. He was booked and unable to post bail, set at $50,000. Osorio was charged with reckless endangerment in the first degree, carrying firearms openly or concealed, discharging or aiming firearms, possession or sale of ammunition, and reckless driving, the report stated.
He has been remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing Monday in Superior Court, it stated.
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