Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a Fort Hill man seeking medical treatment at Peebles Hospital for a gunshot wound to the hand, police said.
It is alleged that around 8 a.m. Tuesday, the man was walking from his home to Free Bottom when he heard two loud explosions and then realised that he had been struck in the hand, according to a press release form Police Information Office.
“He stated that he saw no one in the area at the time,” the release states.
Police are asking for anyone with information on the incident to contact the anonymous Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-8477, or contact any officer with the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force at 311.