The investigation into a July 2019 shootout on St. Croix is detailed in court documents filed against a woman who police say provided investigators with a different gun from the one she used in the shooting.
Michelle Wakefield, 34, was arrested by warrant Dec. 16 and charged with several crimes, including discharging a firearm and reckless endangerment. Her boyfriend, Tony Elizee, 37, turned himself in to police two days later and was charged with a similar list of crimes, according to V.I. Police.
Investigators have been working to piece together the details of the shooting for over a year, according to an affidavit filed by police.
A 34-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a shooting in a St. Croix neighborhood. Police also are seeking a 37-year-old man said to be an accomplice.
Michelle Wakefield of Estate Concordia was arrested at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant charging her with first-degree reckless endangerment, discharging or aiming a firearm, carrying of firearms openly or concealed, third-degree assault, possession of ammunition and third degree false reporting, V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima said in a released statement.
âWakefield and her boyfriend, 37-year-old Tony Elizee, are accused discharging a firearm at individuals in the Mt. Pleasant West neighborhood, which resulted in damages to homes,â he said, adding there is a warrant out for Elizeeâs arrest.