{"id":67880,"date":"2025-12-02T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/67880\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:02:08","slug":"port-st-lucie-police-sergeant-hospitalized-after-being-shot-while-responding-to-disturbance-gunman-killed-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/67880\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie Police sergeant hospitalized after being shot while responding to disturbance; gunman killed &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A Port St. Lucie Police sergeant was rushed to the hospital after being shot by a man with an assault rifle.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said officers were called to a home located along the 11000 block of SW Lake Park Drive following reports of a disturbance, Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, they encountered the armed man, and there was an exchange of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>Port St. Lucie Police Sgt. Erik LeVasseur was shot in the face and taken to a local hospital. His condition remains unclear as of early Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say LeVasseur is a 27-year veteran of the Port St. Lucie Police Department. <\/p>\n<p>The armed subject was shot and killed by officers. <\/p>\n<p>Police said there is no threat to the community. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A Port St. Lucie Police sergeant was rushed to the hospital after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-67880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67880","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=67880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}