{"id":305725,"date":"2026-06-12T22:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305725\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:01:09","slug":"teen-boy-critically-injured-in-fort-pierce-shooting-three-juveniles-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305725\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen boy critically injured in Fort Pierce shooting; three juveniles arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after a Fort Pierce shooting Thursday night that led to the arrest of three juvenile suspects.<\/p>\n

Officers with the Fort Pierce Police Department <\/a>say detectives with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> were traveling eastbound on Avenue N around 9:15 p.m. on Thursday when they heard multiple gunshots nearby.<\/p>\n

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A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after a Fort Pierce shooting Thursday night that led to the arrest of three juvenile suspects. (WPEC)<\/p>\n

As they approached the scene near the intersection of North 23rd Street, detectives say they observed three boys scattering in different directions.<\/p>\n

A neighbor, who asked CBS12 not to show his face, lives a couple doors down from where the shooting happened and heard the gunfire.<\/p>\n

“I heard three gunshots and I come outside and I seen somebody laying down with his bicycle right there,” he said. “I didn’t know what really happened.”<\/p>\n

While officers and deputies pursued the suspects, they found a teenage boy, armed with a 9mm pistol, lying on a sidewalk on top of a bicycle, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. After the detectives performed life-saving measures, he was rushed to the hospital, underwent surgery, and is currently receiving treatment in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit.<\/p>\n

See also: Disney World still feels the shadow of toddler’s death 10 years after alligator attack<\/a><\/p>\n

Police and deputies reportedly set up a perimeter and located all three suspects and two firearms promptly, per FPPD.<\/p>\n

Authorities say one of the suspects was found using a K-9 unit and another was found hiding inside a recycling container.<\/p>\n

At this time, a 16-year-old boy has been arrested and booked on counts of attempted homicide, tampering with evidence, and unlawful carrying of a firearm by a person under 18.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact police at 772-462-6800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after a Fort Pierce shooting Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-305725","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\/305725","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=305725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}