{"id":104653,"date":"2026-01-03T21:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104653\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:40:07","slug":"artillery-weapon-washes-ashore-at-pepper-park-beach-prompting-partial-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104653\/","title":{"rendered":"Artillery weapon washes ashore at Pepper Park Beach, prompting partial evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Deputies evacuated a portion of Pepper Park Beach in Fort Pierce Saturday afternoon after a mortar, a type of artillery weapon, washed ashore.<\/p>\n<p>A visitor at the beach located the mortar near the 3300 block of N. Highway A1A and reported it to authorities, per the St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/mortar-weapon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Britannica<\/a>, a mortar is a portable, short-barreled, muzzle-loading artillery piece that fires explosive projectiles at low velocities, short ranges, and high, arcing trajectories.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/deadly-crash-in-hobe-sound-kills-two-teens-seriously-injures-12-year-old-martin-county-high-school-bridge-road-i-95-martin-county-sheriffs-office-st-marys-hospital-january-3-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deadly Hobe Sound crash kills two teens, seriously injures 12-year-old<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a precautionary measure, beachgoers were evacuated 300 yards in all directions while the SLCSO&#8217;s bomb disposal team disposed of the firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Deputies advise the public to remain clear of the area. More information will be provided as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Deputies evacuated a portion of Pepper Park Beach in Fort Pierce Saturday afternoon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-104653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}