Vipd news release 061323 190 update on homicide at gottlieb quickway srvc cntr
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT “To Protect and Serve” Office of the Commissioner AAF Justice Complex, 5400 Veterans Drive St. Thomas, 00802 * (340) 774-2211 Administrative Services Building 45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted St. Croix, 00840 * (340) 778-2211 www.vipd.vi.gov VIPD NEWS RELEASE (UPDATE) - 061323-190 For Immediate Media Distribution June 13, 2023 Update: Unresponsive Teen Succumbed to Gun Shot Injury on St. Thomas St. Thomas, VI – On Friday, June 6, 2023, a citizen contacted 911 and reported that a male was shot inside the Gottlieb Quickway Service Center. Responding officers arrived at the scene and observed a black, unresponsive male. Emergency Medical Technicians also arrived on the scene and checked the male for vital signs, and at 9:50 p.m. concluded that the male did not have any signs of life. The unresponsive male was positively identified by next of kin as 16-year-old Leroy Cornelius, Jr. Preliminary investigation revealed that on June 6, 2023, two males got into a heated verbal altercation in Gottlieb Quickway Service Station. …
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THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT “To Protect and Serve” Office of the Commissioner AAF Justice Complex, 5400 Veterans Drive St. Thomas, 00802 * (340) 774-2211 Administrative Services Building 45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted St. Croix, 00840 * (340) 778-2211 www.vipd.vi.gov VIPD NEWS RELEASE (UPDATE) - 061323-190 For Immediate Media Distribution June 13, 2023 Update: Unresponsive Teen Succumbed to Gun Shot Injury on St. Thomas St. Thomas, VI – On Friday, June 6, 2023, a citizen contacted 911 and reported that a male was shot inside the Gottlieb Quickway Service Center. Responding officers arrived at the scene and observed a black, unresponsive male. Emergency Medical Technicians also arrived on the scene and checked the male for vital signs, and at 9:50 p.m. concluded that the male did not have any signs of life. The unresponsive male was positively identified by next of kin as 16-year-old Leroy Cornelius, Jr. Preliminary investigation revealed that on June 6, 2023, two males got into a heated verbal altercation in Gottlieb Quickway Service Station. Cornelius, who accompanied one of the males, brandished a firearm during the altercation, and was subsequently shot by a male who was also inside the establishment. Anyone having any information about this incident please contact the Virgin Islands Police Department at (340)774-2211, the Criminal Investigation Unit’s Major Crimes Division at (340)642-8449 or Crime Stoppers V.I. at 1(800)222-8477. ###