{"id":347854,"date":"2026-07-21T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347854\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:30:10","slug":"threatening-texts-linked-to-dispute-before-fort-pierce-restaurant-shooting-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347854\/","title":{"rendered":"Threatening texts linked to dispute before Fort Pierce restaurant shooting, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A shooting into an occupied <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Fort%20Pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce<\/a> restaurant Sunday night left bullet holes in the business and several patrons shaken, but no one was injured, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Fort%20Pierce%20Police%20Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce Police Department <\/a>said its officers responded at about 7:59 p.m. July 20 to Sugar and Spice Restaurant, located at 2515 Okeechobee Road, following reports of a shooting.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"{p}The Fort Pierce Police Department said its officers responded at about 7:59 p.m. July 20 to Sugar and Spice Restaurant, located at 2515 Okeechobee Road, following reports of a shooting. (WPEC) {\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a5eab3a9-fe27-49e7-9ca5-7d122f9c8613-Shotsfiredatrestaurant1.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Fort Pierce Police Department said its officers responded at about 7:59 p.m. July 20 to Sugar and Spice Restaurant, located at 2515 Okeechobee Road, following reports of a shooting. (WPEC) <\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found multiple areas of bullet damage to the building and recovered a projectile that had become lodged inside the business.<\/p>\n<p>Police said approximately five people were inside the restaurant at the time of the shooting. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant&#8217;s owner told investigators they had received threatening text messages shortly before the shooting. The messages were reportedly connected to an ongoing financial dispute, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/martin-county-florida-animal-hoarding-humane-society-treasure-coast-dealing-80-cats-12-dogs-pets-hoarding-home-us-postal-service-worker-arrested-microchip-animal-care-control-animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shelter caring for 92 cats, dogs from postal worker hoarding home; some are microchipped<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Detectives are actively investigating the incident and have not released information about any suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Fort Pierce Police Department at 772-467-6800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A shooting into an occupied Fort Pierce restaurant Sunday night left bullet holes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-347854","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\/347854","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=347854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}