Teen tourist killed by crossfire in Virgin Islands - Jul 2010
14-year-old dies in front of family as she traveled in bus from cruise ship
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S Virgin Islands ? A 14-year-old Puerto Rican tourist was killed in front of her horrified family when she was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight attributed to warring gangs on the U.S. Virgin Islands. The girl and her family arrived in St. Thomas aboard the Carnival Victory, a Carnival Cruise Line ship that departed Puerto Rico's capital of San Juan on Sunday. Another cruise ship passenger sustained a minor injury during the shootout.
The tourist bus was hit by gunfire on its way to Coki Point Beach, one of the island's most popular beaches, as it passed the cemetery. It was not immediately clear who was being targeted, but authorities said the shootout was a battle between drug criminals. Virgin Islands has been struggling to curb gun violence. Drug gangs have staged shootouts in public before, but seldom in broad daylight amid heavy traffic.
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