{"id":327374,"date":"2026-07-02T15:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327374\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:52:06","slug":"driver-held-teens-at-gunpoint-after-they-shot-orbeez-pellets-at-his-car-in-port-st-lucie-police-say-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327374\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver held teens at gunpoint after they shot Orbeez pellets at his car in Port St. Lucie, police say &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; &#8211; What started as a prank in Port St. Lucie ended with several teens being held at gunpoint and two people under arrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to Port St. Lucie Police, the group fired Orbeez pellets at a car after mistaking it for a friend, back on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice, please, we\u2019re being shot at,\u201d said a 911 caller.<\/p>\n<p>Investigatos said the driver, identified as 49-year-old Gregory Davis, then followed the teens and pulled them over, holding them at gunpoint until officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you guys shooting an Orbeez gun at cars?\u201d said an officer on body camera video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not at all cars, because we thought it was our friend. You know the Senior Games, when you have like a water gun and you shoot your friend with a water gun and they\u2019re out of the game so they can\u2019t play anymore?\u201d said one of the teens on bodycam video.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested a 15-year-old on charges of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was also arrested and faces charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; &#8211; What started as a prank in Port St. Lucie ended with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-327374","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\/327374","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=327374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}