Fountain Valley massacre

Fountain Valley massacre
Location17°44′31″N 64°48′52″W / 17.74194°N 64.81444°W / 17.74194; -64.81444
Fountain Valley Golf Course, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
DateSeptember 6, 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 racially motivated mass shooting that occurred on the afternoon of September 6, 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.