The Virgin Islands Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Thursday morning in Contant, the department announced.

At about 12:15 a.m. Thursday, the Shot Spotter Detection System alerted police to multiple gunshots in the area. Moments later, a concerned citizen called to report a man lying in the roadway bleeding from his upper body, according to the police report.

Patrol officers responding to the scene discovered an unresponsive male who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Technicians on site determined that the victim showed no signs of life, the police report stated.

The man’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it stated.

This death marks the 12th homicide on St. Thomas and 24th in the territory for 2025, with 10 homicides on St. Croix and two on St. John, according to the Source Homicide List.*

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the Virgin Islands Police Department at 340-774-2211, the Major Crimes Unit at 340-642-8449 via WhatsApp, Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 (TIPS), or call 911.

*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.