{"id":406331,"date":"2026-09-21T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406331\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:48:08","slug":"man-armed-with-knives-shot-outside-port-st-lucie-pollo-tropical-later-charged-police-say-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406331\/","title":{"rendered":"Man armed with knives shot outside Port St. Lucie Pollo Tropical later charged, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A confrontation in a Port St. Lucie Pollo Tropical <\/a>parking lot ended with a man shot in the upper torso and later facing charges.<\/p>\n

At about 3:43 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, officers with the Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> responded to the Pollo Tropical at 1635 NW St. Lucie West Blvd., where they found Christopher Harris suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper torso, according to a news release. The shooting led to a heavy law enforcement investigation outside the business<\/a>, with crime scene tape around the restaurant. <\/p>\n

The other person involved, identified as Isaiah Davis, 25, was detained at the scene while officers investigated. Police also recovered and secured a firearm.<\/p>\n

PSLPD said interviews and surveillance video from the restaurant showed the confrontation between Harris and Davis began after the two men had an interaction in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

Davis entered the restaurant to pick up a delivery order, and Harris followed him inside despite not appearing to place or pick up an order, police said. When Davis left the restaurant, Harris allegedly followed him outside.<\/p>\n

Police said surveillance video showed Harris, who was armed with a knife, push Davis and then advance toward him as Davis backed away. Davis then pulled out a gun and fired one round, striking Harris in the upper torso, according to PSLPD.<\/p>\n

Harris returned to the restaurant, where people began rendering aid and called 911.<\/p>\n

See also: Causeway Cove project fight escalates: Can Fort Pierce push back against state law?<\/a><\/p>\n

During the investigation, officers recovered one knife from Harris’ waistband while aid was being provided and another from his front pocket, police said. Harris was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

Based on surveillance video, witness statements and other evidence, detectives determined Harris was the primary aggressor, according to PSLPD. He was charged with attempted aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and felony battery based on a prior battery conviction.<\/p>\n

Police said Harris will be booked into the St. Lucie County Jail once he is medically released from the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A confrontation in a Port St. Lucie Pollo Tropical parking lot ended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-406331","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\/406331","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=406331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}