Fountain Valley massacre

Fountain Valley massacre
LocationFountain Valley Golf Course, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Coordinates17°44′31″N 64°48′52″W / 17.74194°N 64.81444°W / 17.74194; -64.81444
Date6 September 1972
Attack type
Mass shooting, robbery
WeaponsFirearms
Deaths8
Injured8
PerpetratorsIshmael LaBeet, Beaumont Gereau, Meral Smith, Warren Ballentine, and Raphael Joseph
MotiveAnti-white racism
Black nationalism

The Fountain Valley massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on the afternoon of 6 September 1972 at the Fountain Valley Golf Course in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The incident left eight resort employees and tourists dead. Another eight were either shot at or wounded.