Police arrested a 37-year-old man Tuesday evening on St. Thomas after a stabbing near the former Fat Man’s Bar left one person injured, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
Officers were dispatched around 6:26 p.m. to the roadway across from the former bar, where they found a man suffering from a stab wound to the left side of his chest. The victim’s shirt was saturated with blood, police said.
The man was able to identify his attacker before being transported by ambulance to the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital for treatment by Emergency Medical Technicians.
Officers said they later located and arrested Damas Gallant, who was positively identified as the assailant. Gallant was charged with assault in the first degree, attempted murder in the first degree, and carrying or using dangerous weapons.
