A 28-year-old man is dead following a shooting just after 5 p.m. Sunday in Estate Mariendahl on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Authorities were alerted when a resident called 911 to report that a man was down and bleeding and that he appeared to have been shot, the VIPD said.
Arriving at the scene, officers found an unresponsive man who appeared to have multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical technicians concluded that he did not have any vital signs, according to the police report.
The victim was identified by next of kin as Matthew Gumbs, 28. His death is the third homicide on St. Thomas this year, and marks the sixth for the territory, according to the Source Homicide List.*
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the VIPD Major Crimes Unit Division at 340-774-2211, ext. 5555 or 5556, 340-714-9823 or 340-714-9829. You can also contact Crime Stoppers 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.
