{"id":81578,"date":"2025-12-12T23:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/81578\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T23:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:39:08","slug":"port-st-lucies-sgt-levasseur-recovering-from-eye-damage-bullet-shrapnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/81578\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie&#8217;s Sgt. LeVasseur recovering from eye damage, bullet shrapnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. &#8211; A Port St. Lucie officer who was critically injured following a shooting this month, is currently recovering with no concerns of brain damage, police say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stardust-racers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Sgt. Erik LeVasseur was critically injured after he was shot at while investigating a disturbance call in the area of Tradition Parkway and Gatlin Boulevard on Dec. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">LeVasseur was the only officer injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">In an update posted by the Port St. Lucie Police Department on Dec. 11, it was reported that there are no longer concerns of brain damage. He&#8217;s awake, alert and recovering at the Trauma ICU at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">On Tuesday, surgeons removed additional fragments of bullet shrapnel lodged deeper than expected, police said. LeVasseur&#8217;s eyes were damaged, and he currently can&#8217;t see.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">&#8220;Doctors advise that it will take time, healing, and potential future procedures, including eye surgeries\u2014to better determine his long-term prognosis,&#8221; Port St. Lucie Police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Police said LeVasseur is awaiting a consultation regarding potential reconstructive surgery on his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> What we know about the suspect? \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The suspect, who died\u00a0by officer force, reportedly had an AK-47-style weapon, the department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story was gathered from the Port St. Lucie Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. &#8211; A Port St. Lucie officer who was critically injured following a shooting this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[630,115,171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-81578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-port-st-lucie","11":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","12":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81578","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=81578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}