{"id":310724,"date":"2026-06-17T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310724\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:18:09","slug":"fort-pierce-boy-dies-after-being-shot-while-riding-bike-police-release-his-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310724\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Pierce boy dies after being shot while riding bike, police release his name"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 16-year-old boy, who was shot while riding his bike in Fort Pierce Thursday night<\/a>, has died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

Police say Kevin Searles was riding his bike along Avenue N near North 23rd Street on June 11 when three teens were seen running in different directions after several shots were fired on June 11.<\/p>\n

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputies found Searles on the sidewalk bleeding from gunshot wounds. Detectives says he was also armed.<\/p>\n

He was rushed to the to the hospital and underwent surgery, but later died on Monday, June 15.<\/p>\n

Investigators say all three suspects were found within a short time. One was tracked down by a K-9, and another was found hiding inside a recycling bin. Officers also recovered a gun they believe is connected to the case.<\/p>\n

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A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with attempted homicide, tampering with evidence, and unlawful carrying of a firearm by a person under 18.<\/p>\n

Fort Pierce Police say they are now working to upgrade the charge to homicide. The state will decide if he will be charged as an adult.<\/p>\n

Detectives are encouraging any member of the public with information regarding this incident to contact the Fort Pierce Police Department at 772-462-6800 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at www.tcwatch.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 16-year-old boy, who was shot while riding his bike in Fort Pierce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-310724","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\/310724","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=310724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}