{"id":345719,"date":"2026-07-20T05:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345719\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:32:12","slug":"two-men-killed-after-argument-over-house-keys-escalates-into-shootout-in-port-st-lucie-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345719\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men killed after argument over house keys escalates into shootout in Port St. Lucie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Multiple 911 calls sent officers rushing to a Port St. Lucie neighborhood at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, where police say an argument over a key ended with two men killed in a shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Port+St.+Lucie+Police+Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> say the shooting happened outside a home located at 1366 SE Rivergreen Circle.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, several people called 911 reporting shots fired.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbor Wanda O&#8217;Neil said she was getting ready for bed when she heard several rounds of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just heard the bang, bang, bang and I said, &#8216;Oh, what was that?&#8217; I thought I heard a woman talking; it wasn&#8217;t yelling or screaming or anything,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Then I heard bang, bang, bang again and it stopped.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, police say they found Carl Loubeau, 24, and Juliun Stokes, 22, suffering multiple gunshot wounds in the driveway of a home.<\/p>\n<p>Both men were reportedly transported to the hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/truly-blessed-wounded-florida-deputy-heads-home-after-ambush-shooting-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-deputy-sopharmony-muon-sopharmony-muon-deputy-shot-deputy-involved-shooting-ruskin-shooting-hillsborough-county-florida-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Truly blessed&#8217;: Wounded Florida deputy heads home after ambush shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An investigation revealed the two men had been socializing with friends earlier that night before returning to the home on SE Rivergreen Circle, where an argument ensued.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was allegedly about house keys and entering the home when things escalated into a shootout.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neil has been living in the Rivergreen Villas neighborhood for 17 years and describes it as quiet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never had anything like this before,&#8221; O&#8217;Neil said. &#8220;This is kind of scary because this is three doors down from me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police say the incident is isolated, and all parties involved are detained and cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident who has not yet spoken with detectives is encouraged to contact the Port St. Lucie Police Department at 772-871-5000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Multiple 911 calls sent officers rushing to a Port St. Lucie neighborhood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-345719","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\/345719","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=345719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}