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The Port St. Lucie Police Department is holding a news conference on the condition of a police sergeant shot while on duty Monday night.
The agency said they will speak at 2 p.m. Thursday at police headquarters.
Sgt. Erick Levasseur, a 27-year veteran of the agency, was shot twice in the face during a gunfight with an armed suspect in the 11000 block of Southwest Lake Park Drive.
Police said Tuesday that LeVasseur had his jaw wired shut for recovery and received a tracheostomy to keep his airway secure following the surgery.
Doctors said there was shrapnel in LeVasseur’s retina, which required a special team of expert surgeons, and him to be transferred to a specialized hospital. He was also placed in a medically induced coma.
On Tuesday, WPTV reporter Michael Hoffman spoke to a longtime friend of LeVasseur, who called him an”all-around good guy.”
A fundraising page has been created to help with Levasseur’s road to recovery.
The gunman, Frankie Salvatore Riccio, 32, was later killed by officers after Levasseur was shot.
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