{"id":68377,"date":"2025-12-02T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68377\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:20:09","slug":"law-enforcement-agencies-government-officials-send-well-wishes-to-sgt-levasseur-who-was-shot-in-port-st-lucie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68377\/","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement agencies, government officials send well wishes to Sgt. LeVasseur who was shot in Port St. Lucie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFollowing the shooting that injured Port St. Lucie Police Department Seargent Erik LeVasseur on Monday night, law enforcement agencies and government officials sent their well-wishes to Sgt. LeVasseur for a full recovery.Sgt. LeVasseur was shot in the face after he and five other officers responded to a call for service. He is in serious condition at HCA Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce.The suspect, Frankie Salvatore Riccio, 32, was killed during the exchange of gunfire.PORT ST. LUCIE MAYOR SHANNON M. MARTINST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S OFFICEFORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENTMARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S OFFICEU.S. REP. BRIAN MAST&#8221;My prayers are with Port St. Lucie police officer, Sgt. Erik Levasseur who was shot protecting our community last night. May god bless you, your family and all law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to protect ours.&#8221;Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsU.S. SEN. RICK SCOTT&#8221;This morning, I ask every Floridian to join me in keeping Sergeant Erik LeVasseur and his family in your prayers.Florida\u2019s law enforcement put their lives on the line every day to keep our families safe. They\u2019re heroes, and we can\u2019t thank them enough.&#8221;U.S. SEN. ASHLEY MOODYGet the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting that injured Port St. Lucie Police Department Seargent Erik LeVasseur on Monday night, law enforcement agencies and government officials sent their well-wishes to Sgt. LeVasseur for a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. LeVasseur was shot in the face after he and five other officers responded to a call for service. <\/p>\n<p>He is in serious condition at HCA Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"\ufeffport st. lucie police department \ufeffsgt. erik levasseur\" title=\"\ufeffPort St. Lucie Police Department \ufeffSgt. Erik LeVasseur\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/psl-officer-shot-692ebd6a0fd89.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tPort St. Lucie Police Department\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort St. Lucie Police Department\u00a0Sgt. Erik LeVasseur<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Frankie Salvatore Riccio, 32, was killed during the exchange of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>PORT ST. LUCIE MAYOR SHANNON M. MARTIN<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S OFFICE<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S OFFICE<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>U.S. REP. BRIAN MAST<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My prayers are with Port St. Lucie police officer, Sgt. Erik Levasseur who was shot protecting our community last night. May god bless you, your family and all law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to protect ours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Your neighborhood: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/local-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. SEN. RICK SCOTT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This morning, I ask every Floridian to join me in keeping Sergeant Erik LeVasseur and his family in your prayers.<br \/>Florida\u2019s law enforcement put their lives on the line every day to keep our families safe. They\u2019re heroes, and we can\u2019t thank them enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. SEN. ASHLEY MOODY<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please join Justin and I in praying for a full recovery of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSLPolice?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PSLPolice<\/a> officer who was shot in the line of duty this evening. <\/p>\n<p>Violence against the men and women who selflessly serve and protect us is sickening. We are keeping his loved ones and the entire Port St. Lucie\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ashley Moody (@SenAshleyMoody) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenAshleyMoody\/status\/1995697784549196178?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the shooting that injured Port St. Lucie Police Department Seargent Erik LeVasseur on Monday night, law enforcement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[39850,39463,1089,39847,39844,39851,6863,7655,39846,1210,5511,39848,171,173,172,39849,39845,18574,189],"class_list":["post-68377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-ashley-moodyget","tag-erik-levasseur","tag-family","tag-government-official","tag-government-officials-send-well-wishes-to-sgt-erik-levasseu-who-was-shot-in-port-st-lucie","tag-hca-lawnwood-hospital","tag-law-enforcement-agencies","tag-law-enforcement-agency","tag-levasseur","tag-life","tag-line","tag-newsu-s-sen","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-rick","tag-sgt","tag-wish","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68377","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=68377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}