{"id":79755,"date":"2025-12-11T21:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/79755\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:25:10","slug":"florida-police-department-gives-update-on-injured-sgt-erik-levasseur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/79755\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida police department gives update on injured Sgt. Erik Levasseur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Port St. Lucie Police Department held a press conference Thursday and provided an update on the health of Sgt. Erik Levasseur.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsLevasseur was shot twice in the face while he and five other officers were responding to a call for service on Dec. 1 in the Lake Park neighborhood in Tradition.The suspect was shot and killed at the scene.Since the shooting, Levasseur has had multiple surgeries.The police department said on Tuesday, surgeons successfully removed additional remains from a bullet discovered during evaluation. The bullet shrapnel was lodged deeper than initially expected, but the procedure went well.Levasseur is awake, alert and remains in the trauma intensive care unit at HCA Lawnswood Hospital in Fort Pierce.Levasseur has further consultation regarding reconstructive surgery on his face. The police department said his eyes sustained signification trauma and currently does not have vision. Doctors note it will take time, healing and potential future procedures, including eye surgeries \u2013 to better determine his long-term prognosis.Medical officials said there is no concern for brain damage and Levasseur\u2019s tracheostomy remains in place in preparation for any additional surgeries that may be required.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Port St. Lucie Police Department held a press conference Thursday and provided an update on the health of Sgt. Erik Levasseur.<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

Levasseur was shot twice in the face while he and five other officers were responding to a call for service on Dec. 1 in the Lake Park neighborhood in Tradition.<\/p>\n

The suspect was shot and killed at the scene.<\/p>\n

Since the shooting, Levasseur has had multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n

The police department said on Tuesday, surgeons successfully removed additional remains from a bullet discovered during evaluation. The bullet shrapnel was lodged deeper than initially expected, but the procedure went well.<\/p>\n

Levasseur is awake, alert and remains in the trauma intensive care unit at HCA Lawnswood Hospital in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n

Levasseur has further consultation regarding reconstructive surgery on his face. The police department said his eyes sustained signification trauma and currently does not have vision. Doctors note it will take time, healing and potential future procedures, including eye surgeries \u2013 to better determine his long-term prognosis.<\/p>\n

Medical officials said there is no concern for brain damage and Levasseur\u2019s tracheostomy remains in place in preparation for any additional surgeries that may be required.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Port St. Lucie Police Department held a press conference Thursday and provided an update on the health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[44626,28759,39463,41931,4545,3886,44627,30015,41932,675,171,173,172,44625,35271,726,39845,19127,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-79755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-brain-damage","9":"tag-bullet","10":"tag-erik-levasseur","11":"tag-eye","12":"tag-face","13":"tag-fort-pierce","14":"tag-further-consultation","15":"tag-healing","16":"tag-lake-park-neighborhood","17":"tag-local-coverage","18":"tag-port-st-lucie","19":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","20":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","21":"tag-port-st-lucie-police-department-gives-update-on-injured-sgt-erik-levasseur","22":"tag-reconstructive-surgery","23":"tag-service","24":"tag-sgt","25":"tag-update","26":"tag-wpbf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79755","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=79755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}