{"id":337775,"date":"2026-07-12T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337775\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:52:08","slug":"fort-pierce-mans-attempted-murder-charge-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337775\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Pierce man\u2019s attempted murder charge dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Fort Pierce man facing an attempted murder charge will not be prosecuted.According to court documents in St. Lucie County, an attempted second-degree murder charge against Jah\u2019Shaun L. Crosby, 19, was dismissed on Wednesday, July 8.The No Information filing does not explain why the state attorney\u2019s office declined to prosecute Crosby.WPBF 25 News contacted the state attorney\u2019s office for additional details regarding its decision to drop the case and is awaiting a response.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsAccording to jail records, Crosby was released from the St. Lucie County Jail in the afternoon of July 8.A Fort Pierce Police Department report notes Crosby shot his 17-year-old girlfriend during a verbal altercation that became physical between the two on June 2 in the 500 block of North 19th Street.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.The police report notes that Crosby apologized to the victim before fleeing the scene. He was taken into custody by police officers on June 3.Christopher Williams Jr., 18, from Fort Pierce, who is accused of taking the gun that Crosby used to shoot the victim, hiding it and not being truthful to police about his involvement in the incident, remains in the St. Lucie County Jail on charges of tampering with evidence and making false statements to police. Williams Jr.\u2019s next court date is scheduled for Aug. 28.Following the shooting, the police report noted the victim was in critical condition and intubated at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce after she sustained a gunshot wound that entered from the right side of her torso, pierced her liver and exited through her lower left back.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A Fort Pierce man facing an attempted murder charge will not be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents in St. Lucie County, an attempted second-degree murder charge against Jah\u2019Shaun L. Crosby, 19, was dismissed on Wednesday, July 8.<\/p>\n<p>The No Information filing does not explain why the state attorney\u2019s office declined to prosecute Crosby.<\/p>\n<p>WPBF 25 News contacted the state attorney\u2019s office for additional details regarding its decision to drop the case and is awaiting a response.<\/p>\n<p>Your neighborhood: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/local-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to jail records, Crosby was released from the St. Lucie County Jail in the afternoon of July 8.<\/p>\n<p>A Fort Pierce Police Department report notes Crosby shot his 17-year-old girlfriend during a verbal altercation that became physical between the two on June 2 in the 500 block of North 19th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The police report notes that Crosby apologized to the victim before fleeing the scene. He was taken into custody by police officers on June 3.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"gavel\" title=\"Christopher Williams Jr.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ce7e1760-d0f7-4bf0-bcc3-10fbf028734b.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tSt. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Williams Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Williams Jr., 18, from Fort Pierce, who is accused of taking the gun that Crosby used to shoot the victim, hiding it and not being truthful to police about his involvement in the incident, remains in the St. Lucie County Jail on charges of tampering with evidence and making false statements to police. <\/p>\n<p>Williams Jr.\u2019s next court date is scheduled for Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting, the police report noted the victim was in critical condition and intubated at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce after she sustained a gunshot wound that entered from the right side of her torso, pierced her liver and exited through her lower left back. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fort Pierce man facing an attempted murder charge will not be prosecuted.According to court documents in St.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[93075,139024,107562,134894,139023,10706,20949,6693,25248,115,660,36071,171,173,172,1402,6272,6411,189],"class_list":["post-337775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-additional-detail","tag-christopher-williams-jr","tag-crosby","tag-fort-pierce-man","tag-fort-pierce-man-accused-of-shooting-girlfriend-in-altercation-will-not-face-attempted-murder-charge","tag-girlfriend","tag-july","tag-june","tag-murder-charge","tag-news","tag-office","tag-police-report","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st-lucie-county","tag-state-attorney","tag-victim","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337775","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=337775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}