{"id":67546,"date":"2025-12-02T05:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/67546\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:09:13","slug":"port-st-lucie-police-officer-shot-in-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/67546\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie Police officer shot in Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 A Port St. Lucie Police officer was shot Dec. 1 as officers investigated a disturbance in the Tradition community west of Interstate 95, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police responded to an address in the 11000 block of Southwest Lake Park Drive in Port St. Lucie for a disturbance. The specific time wasn&#8217;t immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;An officer was shot while investigating this incident,&#8221; police stated.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The officer who was injured was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Port St. Lucie Police Chief\u00a0Leo Niemczyk said a police sergeant was shot in the face and was in surgery late night Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Law enforcement is actively investigating the circumstances and has secured the scene,&#8221; police stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deadly shooting: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/homicide-victim-identified-remembered-very-164927382.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Homicide victim identified; remembered as &#039;very charismatic&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Homicide victim identified; remembered as &#8216;very charismatic&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8216;Wonderful program&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/local\/florida\/2025\/11\/24\/able-to-be-laid-to-rest-counties-provide-indigent-cremation-services\/86929767007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Treasure Coast counties offer indigent cremation services;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Treasure Coast counties offer indigent cremation services<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/staff\/4388165002\/will-greenlee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Will Greenlee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Will Greenlee<\/a>\u00a0is a breaking news reporter for TCPalm. Follow Will on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OffTheBeatTweet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@OffTheBeatTweet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@OffTheBeatTweet<\/a>\u00a0or reach him by phone at 772-267-7926. E-mail him at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mailto:will.greenlee@tcpalm.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:will.greenlee@tcpalm.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will.greenlee@tcpalm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/crime\/st-lucie-county\/2025\/12\/01\/port-st-lucie-police-officer-injured-after-shots-fired-in-tradition\/87559726007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Port St. Lucie Police officer shot in Tradition community;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Port St. Lucie Police officer shot in Tradition community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. 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