Police Investigating Two Homicides - 1 on STT and 1 on STX

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Police Investigating Two Homicides - 1 on STT and 1 on STX

Police are investigating two homicides -- one in which a man appeared to be ambushed outside his St. Croix home, and another where a man with multiple gunshot wounds was found dead at a St. Thomas accident scene.

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