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Crime & Safety

Shooting In Estate Donoe Sends One Victim To The Hospital

The victim was shot in the thigh near the Market Square East shopping center.

ST THOMAS, USVI — A shoot-out in Estate Donoe on Wednesday night is being investigated by the police after one victim was sent to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the thigh.

"The male victim reported being in Estate Donoe - near the Market Square East shopping center - when he heard rapid gun fire and realized he was shot," said police spokesman Toby Derima.

The victim was treated at Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center and released.

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