{"id":157073,"date":"2026-02-16T12:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:36:07","slug":"early-morning-homicide-under-investigation-in-fort-pierce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157073\/","title":{"rendered":"Early morning homicide under investigation in Fort Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Deputies in St. Lucie County are investigating a homicide that occurred early Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/St.%20Lucie%20Sheriff&#039;s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> said that at around 12:45 a.m., deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the 3200 block of Oleander Avenue in <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Fort%20Pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, they reported finding the victim and securing the area. <\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office said that their Criminal Investigations Division and Crime Scene Investigators are currently leading the investigation, which remains active. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/1-dead-2-injured-in-overnight-shooting-at-fort-pierce-elks-lodge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">One dead, two injured in overnight shooting at Fort Pierce Elks Lodge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities are urging anyone with information regarding the incident to reach out to the SLCSO Criminal Investigation Division at (772) 462-7300 or via email at CrimeTips@stluciesheriff.gov.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been advised to avoid the area, as Oleander Avenue is closed to traffic between King Orange Drive and Kanner Drive. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that traffic disruptions are expected to last for several hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Deputies in St. Lucie County are investigating a homicide that occurred early Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-157073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157073","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=157073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}