Trial of a V.I. police officer and his brother-in-law, who are accused of opening fire on a group of people gathered at John F. Kennedy housing community early Christmas morning 2007, killing two men and wounding four others, got under way Tuesday in St. Croix,V.I.,US.

Jeffrey Browne, 29, and Luis Melendez, 25, are facing charges of murder, attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and obstructing a police officer, along with a weapons charge alleging they committed the crimes with a machine gun, a handgun and a shotgun. ...

Well, life is going as usual even in a territory the rest of the world is far removed from.