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The killing of a cruiser near a popular beach in St. Thomas earlier this year has sparked some big changes in the area, according to a report today in the Virgin Islands Daily News.
The news outlet says Coki Point Beach has undergone a massive cleanup over the past three months that has made it safer for locals and tourists alike.
Carnival passenger Lizmarie Perez Chapparro died in July after being caught in the middle of a shootout between warring gangs near the beach. The Associated Press reported at the time the girl was struck by a bullet as she rode with her family on a "safari bus" that ferries tourists across the island.
The girl and her family had arrived in St. Thomas earlier in the day aboard the 2,758-passenger Carnival Victory.
St. Thomas in recent years has been the scene of a growing "plague of violence," as one prominent official has called it, but Chapparro's killing marked the first time the violence has spilled over into the the territory's all-important tourism sector, and it brought swift calls from politicians and tourism leaders for a crackdown on crime.
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