recently discharged from the hospital.<\/a><\/p>\nWATCH WPTV’S COVERAGE BELOW:<\/p>\n
Community rallies around Port St. Lucie sergeant injured in shooting<\/p>\n
“Erik, he poured everything he had into that situation that day, so it\u2019s time for us to pour it back into him,” said Al Corona, president of Men at Arms.<\/p>\n
Levasseur\u2019s sister, Meghan Poirier, said her brother is still in the early stages of recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecently, you know, his strength just healed up,\u201d Poirier said.<\/p>\n
She described her brother as someone who cared deeply for his community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of people who, when things hit the fan, they either run to it or run away. My brother is always that guy who\u2019s going to run to it,\u201d Poirier said.<\/p>\n
The fundraiser served as a visible reminder that the community hasn\u2019t forgotten an officer still recovering.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big family […] whatever we can do to help,\u201d said Kevin, a police officer who attended the event.<\/p>\n
Poirier said Levasseur made a brief appearance at the fundraiser.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe loved it. It\u2019s a lot for him, though. It\u2019s hard to talk when your jaw is wired shut,\u201d Poirier said.<\/p>\n
She added that her brother currently has limited vision and no hearing in one ear. Despite those challenges, Poirier said the community’s support has not gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe community has rallied around us from day one and we haven\u2019t needed or wanted for anything, so we really appreciate that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
More than $10,000 was raised through food sales, merchandise and raffles, with proceeds going toward Levasseur and the costs associated with his recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just want to try to help Eric\u2019s transition during this time when he can\u2019t be full speed,\u201d Corona said.<\/p>\n
Poirier said she remains proud of her brother and his commitment to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a standup guy. I\u2019m super proud of him,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important for him that he helps his officers and after all this is said and done, he\u2019ll probably end up trying to train them because that\u2019s just how he wants… he just wants to make sure everyone goes home at night.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than a fundraiser, it was a show of unity as neighbors and officers stood together for a man with a long road ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the Men at Arms motorcycle club in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-115238","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\/115238","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=115238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}