A man was found dead from multiple gunshots wounds Monday afternoon in Frederiksted, St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported Wednesday.
According to the report, a concerned citizen called 911 just after noon Monday to report that a man was lying unresponsive in the bushes in the area of Estate Castle Burke. Emergency Medical Technicians responding to the scene pronounced him dead.
Police said he sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Next of kin identified the shooting victim as Malik Anthony Francis, 33.
His death marks the territory’s 25th homicide of the year, and the 11th for St. Croix, according to the Source Homicide List.*
The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-778-2211 or Crime Stoppers VI 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.
