{"id":284096,"date":"2026-05-25T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284096\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:09:08","slug":"fort-pierce-man-hospitalized-after-being-found-with-gunshot-wound-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284096\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Pierce man hospitalized after being found with gunshot wound, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A man is in the hospital after being found on a sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>About 9:45 p.m. Sunday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffortpierce.com\/1186\/Police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce Police Department <\/a>heard gunfire in the area of 23rd Street and Avenue E. Upon arrival, officers found the man suffering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/tiger-woods-memorial-day-tribute-father-dui-arrest-jupiter-florida-famous-golfer-rollover-crash-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tiger Woods breaks silence on Memorial Day following DUI arrest in Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FPPD says investigators determined the suspect was seen fleeing the area toward the 1100 block of Avenue E. The suspect was wearing a black hoodie and black pants and was described as having dreadlocks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}A man is in the hospital after being found on a sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound in Fort Pierce. About 9:45 p.m. Sunday, the Fort Pierce Police Department heard gunfire in the area of 23rd Street and Avenue E. Upon arrival, officers found the man suffering from a gunshot wound. (WPEC) {\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69774580-5d30-4e15-8555-9db54fec6f2c-ShootinginFortPierce.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man is in the hospital after being found on a sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound in Fort Pierce. About 9:45 p.m. Sunday, the Fort Pierce Police Department heard gunfire in the area of 23rd Street and Avenue E. Upon arrival, officers found the man suffering from a gunshot wound. (WPEC) <\/p>\n<p>The shooting remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fort Pierce Police Department at 772-462-6800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man is in the hospital after being found on a sidewalk suffering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-284096","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\/284096","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=284096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}