{"id":252942,"date":"2026-04-30T20:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252942\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:28:08","slug":"martin-county-deputies-arrest-2-after-helicopter-spots-gunfire-in-hobe-sound-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252942\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County deputies arrest 2 after helicopter spots gunfire in Hobe Sound, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOBE SOUND, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Martin%20County%20Sheriff%E2%80%99s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> helicopter crew spotted two people near a cul-de-sac in Hobe Sound firing a rifle in the dark, leading to their arrests, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, the sheriff\u2019s office said its Air One unit was patrolling overhead when it saw 26-year-old Dominic Altringer and 38-year-old Hope Cruz get out of a car and begin shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because you park in the dark, doesn\u2019t mean the eyes in the sky can\u2019t see you,\u201d the agency wrote in the post, describing the incident as \u201cEyes in the Sky, Cuffs on the Ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said Air One watched as Altringer fired multiple rounds with Cruz standing nearby. Deputies on the ground were then directed to the area and took both into custody.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff\u2019s office, Cruz \u2014 who deputies identified as a convicted felon \u2014 was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Altringer was charged with discharging a firearm in public.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also released aerial video that appears to show thermal footage of a vehicle parked near a turnaround, two people outside the car and deputies later converging on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported in the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOBE SOUND, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office helicopter crew spotted two people near a cul-de-sac&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-252942","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\/252942","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=252942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}