{"id":164135,"date":"2026-02-21T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/164135\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:14:10","slug":"12-year-old-airlifted-after-being-shot-inside-fort-pierce-home-gunman-at-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/164135\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old airlifted after being shot inside Fort Pierce home; gunman at large"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Police are searching for suspects after a stray bullet struck a 12-year-old boy inside his Fort Pierce home late Friday night.<\/p>\n

Officers with the Fort Pierce Police Department<\/a> say they responded to shots fired on the 500 block of North 22nd Street<\/a> just after 11:30 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, police say they located a 12-year-old boy with a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

This marks the second stray bullet-related shooting on Friday in the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach County. A Delray Beach man was killed inside his home by a stray bullet<\/a> the same day.<\/p>\n

See also: Stray bullet from gunfire kills Delray Beach man in his home; police seek shooter<\/a><\/p>\n

The boy was reportedly airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital<\/a> for medical treatment and is now in stable condition.<\/p>\n

A preliminary investigation indicated that unknown people fired a weapon toward the family’s home, where the 12-year-old was inside. The suspects reportedly fled the scene before police arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n

At this time, FPPD officials say there is no description of the shooter, and no motive has been identified.<\/p>\n

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The case remains open, and anyone with information is urged to contact the Fort Pierce Police Department at (772) 467-6800 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 273-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Police are searching for suspects after a stray bullet struck a 12-year-old boy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-164135","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\/164135","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=164135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}