{"id":159361,"date":"2026-02-18T05:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159361\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T05:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:05:07","slug":"police-identify-victim-in-deadly-elks-lodge-shooting-in-fort-pierce-tips-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159361\/","title":{"rendered":"Police identify victim in deadly Elks Lodge shooting in Fort Pierce, tips needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A wall of silence from injured survivors has left detectives asking for public assistance in the wake of a shooting at the Elks Lodge that killed a 34-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Police have identified the victim of Sunday&#8217;s overnight deadly shooting at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Elks Lodge<\/a> in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffortpierce.com\/1186\/Police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce Police Department<\/a>, three gunshot victims were hospitalized, with one victim, 34-year-old Anbut Brutus, succumbing to his injuries in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/juvenile-suspect-in-boynton-beach-drive-by-surrenders-after-fleeing-into-nearby-home-southwest-12th-avenue-off-southwest-1st-street-near-forest-park-elementary-school-southeast-3rd-street-between-southeast-8th-avenue-and-southeast-6th-avenue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three juveniles arrested after fleeing suspected Boynton Beach drive-by shooting car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators say they found no indication that there was an altercation before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence collected indicated that two firearms were involved, and one of the handguns was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is active, and deputies have emphasized that both the injurred victims are not cooperating, meaning help from the public is critical.<\/p>\n<p>Police are urging anyone with information related to this incident to reach out to the FPPD at 772-467-6800, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcwatch.org\/sitemenu.aspx?ID=151&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers<\/a> at 800-273-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A wall of silence from injured survivors has left detectives asking for public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-159361","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\/159361","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=159361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}