Adelbert Bryan
US Virgin Islands politician and senator
Adelbert M. "Bert" Bryan (born August 21, 1943) is a U.S. Virgin Islands politician and former senator.
01Political career
Adelbert Bryan served as Frederiksted police commander. In 1989, he received 35 percent of the vote for USVI Governor. Bryan has also served as Senator and on the Board of Education.
02Personal life
In 1989, Bryan was charged with looting after Hurricane Hugo.
In 1996, Bryan shot and killed his son, Pell. Law enforcement called the shooting "an act of self-defense" while political rival Alden Alicia Pickering has claimed that it was murder.
In 2001, Bryan's 25-year-old son, Kaunda, was shot and killed in St. Croix.
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