In December 2021, the Sheriff's Office arrested three men for Leath's death. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said it was a family dispute about a vehicle in storage. That said, it's particularly difficult to come to terms with the shooting Jan. 16 at Fort Pierce's Ilous Ellis Park. Both men are from Fort Pierce and were charged with attempted first degree murder. Jack in the Box coming to Florida, eyes further expansion, Okeeheelee BMX track out thousands after early morning burglary, Rib Round Up Music Festival returns to West Palm Beach on Saturday, Railroad repositions propane tanker, will remove Friday, Man dressed in Pink Floyd attire robs Fort Lauderdale bank, Warning to beachgoers as sea turtle nesting season is underway, Remains of woman missing for 5 years possibly located, Boil water advisory issued for Tradition area of Port St. Lucie, School lockdown highlights need for Spanish-speaking officers. It works both ways. Here's what we know about Nikkitia Bryant. Romeo Marco Francisco-Francisco, of Indiantown, was arrested on a robbery charge in connection with a Sept. 25 incident. Marcus Leath, 39, died after two men entered his home in the 6500 block of Las Palmas Way east of U.S. 1 off Kitterman Road, and shot him on a Saturday night, the St. Lucie Sheriffs Office has said. Police on Monday identified a newer model silver Nissan Altima as a vehicle of interest in the fatal shooting last week of a 20-year-old woman in Port St. Lucie. Detectives reported Smith said he put the .380-caliber black and silver handgun in a garbage can inside his home, where police found it, according to the affidavit. If you're a subscriber, thank you. 753 were here. Those with information are asked to call Detective Kevin Mohamed at 772-467-6905 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers, at 800-273-TIPS (8477). When shots rang out, she protectively covered her . Police said Louisjeune will be charged with first-degree murder, which indictes the killing was planned. This case should serve as a wake-up call that prompts Fort Pierce city officials from the city manager to the mayor and city council to the entire police department to think about ways to improve their relationship with Lincoln Park residents. When officers arrived they found the victim unconscious inside of the business. Updated: 2:06 PM EDT Oct 8, 2021 Two men are in custody in connection to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in Fort Pierce. Jamall Frederick, of the 3100 block of Avenue T, remained at . FORT PIERCE Police are investigating a shooting incident that left two men with serious gunshot wounds, according to a Wednesday news release. If you're a subscriber, thank you. Wiley said he asked how much, and the friend indicated a zip, or an ounce of pot. That said, it's particularly difficult to come to terms with the shooting Jan. 16 at Fort Pierce's Ilous Ellis Park. Call the Ft. Pierce Police department if you have any information on this shooting. These victims weren't "gang bangers" caught up in some underworld war. 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Wiley initially denied being involved in the death, but when shown pictures from security footage he told police what he said happened. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday set aside to honor a civil rights activist who preached nonviolence, one or more shooters began spraying bullets into a crowd that had gathered for the MLK Car Show and Family Fun Day. Wiley said he called Belzens and set up the deal. Wiley was booked in at the St. Lucie County Jail Jan. 30 just three days after the death of Belzens in the 1900 block of Avenue E, though police declined to answer questions about it then, saying the case was sealed. E-mail him at will.greenlee@tcpalm.com. The Fishermans Wharf area is east of North U.S. 1 and north of Seaway Drive. An investigation is underway in Fort Pierce after a shooting took place Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The incident happened about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, but it was not publicly disclosed by police until about 8:50 a.m. Wednesday. The hope justice might be coming is a positive sign. Sign up for TCPalms subscriber-only newsletter featuring the best exclusive content from the week. . Authorities said the shooting occurred just before 12:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of N. 29th St. Police said the victim, whose name has not been released, was treated for . The vehicle was running. A 2019 to 2021 Altima with dark-tinted windows is of interest in the Oct. 5 shooting of Gabriella Hanley, of Jensen Beach, and her 21-year-old boyfriend in the area of Southeast Green River Parkway. Family of Nikkitia Bryant ready for closure. Both men were transported to Lawnwood Hospital in serious condition. On June 9, 1995, her 6-year-old daughter Morgan was watching a Little League game at a ballfield near Alma, Arkansas, and went missing. A resident said that on Jan. 8 about 5:45 a.m., he heard six gunshots close to the Moonswiners Restaurant parking lot. No other information, such as the age of those shot or whether police are looking for a suspect, was available Wednesday. Police reported it appears Troy Gaudet, 31, of Fort Pierce, shot another man identified as the victim inside a vehicle. They had been at a bar that night. Indian River County deputies and the U.S. Tips can also be submitted by contacting Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-800-273-TIPS. He then got out of the vehicle and attempted to kill himself. For more than 27 years, Colleen Nick has been living with a void in her heart that she said will never be filled. The footage showed at least one person, a man, run through an alley. Two dogs in the home were also killed. He looked out the window and saw a red sport utility vehicle, possible a Toyota or Honda, drive south toward the Moonswiners drive-thru. Aden returned inside bleeding. Monday, May 10th 2021 Gentrus Thomas, 25, killed in a shooting at the G Spot 2 Night Club, or the Mix Sports Bar in Fort Pierce on May 10, 2021. Updated: 6:05 PM EST Mar 4, 2015. One other person was shot and wounded. 5 min read. Police said they smelled marijuana in and around the vehicle. Another man sustained non-fatal stab injuries. Officers found the couple in a black vehicle pulled off the road facing south on Southeast Green River Parkway between Southeast Melaleuca Boulevard and Southeast Charleston Drive. Deputies on a patrol through Harbor Pointe Park found Akiefe Jamal Anderson near his vehicle with a gunshot wound about 2:45 a.m. Saturday. Assistant Chief Richard Del Toro said Monday that before the victim was shot, the 15-year-old had handed a gun magazine to the 17-year-old. Hurlburt faces multiple charges included aggravated manslaughter of a child. An investigator about 3:45 p.m. Jan. 27 went to the scene and found a gray Nissan parked between two cars, records state. He also covers strange, wild and weird Treasure Coast crimes in Off The Beat. Follow Will on Twitter@OffTheBeatTweet or reach him by phone at 772-692-8936. (St. Lucie County . E-mail him at will.greenlee@tcpalm.com. Police arrested her husband, who had left a chilling voice mail with family members that threatened a murder-suicide involving him and his wife. The other man, whose name has not been released, is in critical condition, police said. CNN One person was killed and seven others were shot at a block party packed with more than 1,000 people celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Fort Pierce, Florida, Monday, police said. He also covers strange, wild and weird Treasure Coast crimes in Off The Beat. Follow Will on Twitter@OffTheBeatTweet or reach him by phone at 772-692-8936. Officers recovered a firearm near the scene.. They were just ordinary people trying to enjoy a wholesome event where gunplay should have been the last thing on everybody's minds. Video in the area observed males outside the complex, Gagliano said. It's admirable there have been discussions about adding cameras in parks, which Hester said would occur, and increasing security at public events. Say something! A party in the park had happened earlier, though the St. Lucie Sheriff's Office did not immediately say if there was a connection to Anderson's death. FORT PIERCE, Fla. A suspected gunman is dead after an attempted murder-suicide early Tuesday morning, according to Fort Pierce police. Curtia Reed was intercepted . Arriving officers found several cartridge casings outside and on the street. The name of the victim has not been released. Jamarion Abari Miller, 16, initially was jailed on an attempted murder charge in the shooting of 27-year-old Shakia Young while they traveled in a car together south of Fort Pierce after a party.Young was taken to a hospital and her condition didnt improve. Detectives did not release the locationof where she was found. John Robert Spencer Jr. was shot four times and left in a wooded area on the outskirts of Vero Lake Estates by a friend he visited the day before he was reported missing, detectives said. Gaudet and the other man were taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce. Madleine Moreau was found with eight stab wounds to the back and injuries to several other areas,in her Port St. Lucie home. Gunfire, fight after events at Polish American Social Club in Port St. Lucie under investigation, Police investigate home invasion robbery in Fort Pierce; seek publics help, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Community activists Will Armstead and Larry Lee are planning to build a teen center in Lincoln Park, with hopes that could keep at least some of the neighborhood's young people from falling into lives of crime and violence. If you see a crime being committed, leave anonymous tips on Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers hotline, web site or smart phone app. If not,become a subscriberto get the latest breaking news and weird crime coverage. Police said it appears that Troy Gaudet, 31, of Fort Pierce, shot the victim while inside a vehicle. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Call Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers, Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous tips to help fight crime. At least one of the guns in this investigation was reported stolen from a car in the Indian River Estates community in St. Lucie County, according to the sheriff's office. E-mail him at will.greenlee@tcpalm.com. The Fort Pierce Police is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon. The shooting happened about 9 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of North 29th Street, police Lt. James Gagliano said. Smithsaid he shot the man three times because he called him names and threatened (his) family, police said. 52-year-old Mark Soucie was identified by family members as the person who shot and killed his wife, Angela Soucie, 53, and her son Joseph Cubiotti-Druffner, 33, then turned the gun on himself and killed himself. A 2019 to 2021 Altima with dark-tinted windows is of interest in the Oct. 5 shooting . Police have made an arrest in the Elks Lodge shooting that left an innocent bystander in critical condition. Hamiltonhad no permanent address and floated between Vero Beach and Melbourne the last few years. Joseph Warren Tenore, 39, of Fort Pierce, was shot and killed at Specialized Trailer & Marine Services in the 4600 block of North U.S. 1. Rescue workers took him to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute where he was pronounced dead. When officers found Aden inside the store, he had stopped breathing and was unconscious, according to Smith'sFort Pierce Police Department arrest affidavit. More than a month and a half have passed since the shooting. Investigators said the shooting occurred just after 2:30 p.m. in the 600. Vero Beach Police detectives went door-to-door to talk with residents near Granada Avenue and 25th Street, where 59-year-old Allen Brent Hamilton was found dead by a dog walker, said Master Officer Darrell Rivers. E-mail him at will.greenlee@tcpalm.com. The incident occurred at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Fishermans Wharf, which is north of Seaway Drive and east of North U.S. 1. On March 4, The Martin County Sheriff's Office identified her handyman as a person of interest in her death, then conducted a dig in her backyard. Fort Pierce police detectives arrested two men Thursday who were wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred on Avenue D and 12th Street on Jan. 12, and are seeking a third suspect in the incident. Will Greenlee is a breaking news reporter for TCPalm. Both men went outside when a person inside reported hearing what sounded likefive shots beingfired. @PSLPolice say a 17-year-old Port St Lucie High School student shot and killed his 15-year-old friend in the backseat of a moving car after mishandling a gun, pulling the trigger. Still, it seems incredible that out of all those crowded into the park that day, the Sheriff's Office had a tough time finding many people who saw or heard anything conclusive to help crack this case quickly. Scott Hodges, 44, of the 8600 block of 95th Ave., was charged with first-degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm, according to Sheriff's Office records.Hodges told them where to find his body, according to an arrest affidavit. Will Greenlee is a breaking news reporter for TCPalm. According to the St. Lucie Sheriff's Office, the incident happened around 5:20 p.m. during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Ilous Ellis Park in Fort. Police later arrived at the crash site, and the shooting victim was taken to the hospital but later died. He carried out a scheme to report finding her body in her truck at Walmart in Sebastian, where police found Jeanine Bishop, 67, dead on a Tuesday morning, Michael Despres, 56, was charged with premeditated first-degree murder. Police reported Belzens was in the drivers seat, covered in blood with a gunshot wound to the right side of his face, records show. More: SLCSO reports 68 COVID-19 cases in county jail, 'highest throughout the pandemic', More: How Treasure Coast House Reps. Brian Mast, Bill Posey voted in June, More: Port St. Lucie man awarded $35 million following Broward County crash that left him paralyzed. Investigators said the shooting occurred at the 100 block of Fishermans Warf at 12:45 a.m. "We're in a good place right now.". The incident occurred early Tuesday near the Fishermans Wharf area, Fort Pierce police stated. Former Boy Scout killed in Fort Pierce shooting, ex-lawmaker says. According to police, Louisjeune pulled a gun during a drug deal and shot Belzens. Police on Thursday reported in addition to Wiley, Ranell Louisjeune, 20, was linked to the death. More: Gunfire, fight after events at Polish American Social Club in Port St. Lucie under investigation, Gagliano said several people were outside when a vehicle drove by and shots were exchanged amongst the vehicle and the unknown males outside.. Killed in the incident were Dontavis Albury, 30, and John Soloman, 66. FORT PIERCE Two people are in custody following the January fatal shooting of 19-year-old Frandy Belzens on Avenue E, according to records and Fort Pierce police. Del Toro said both the shooter and victim attended Port St. Lucie High School and had been together in Fort Pierce earlier in the day. Andrew Karacsonyi, who lived in a home at the intersection of East 14th Street and Southeast Apache Avenue, was airlifted to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce, where he later died, the report said. On January 16, two people were fatally shot and one injured during a nighttime home invasion robbery in the 400 block of North 18th Street. GINNY BEAGAN/TCPALM, Former Indian River County firefighter, Melbourne police officer jailed on murder, arson charges, Veterinarian suspended after DUI, 'botched' surgery of dog, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Updated: 2:06 PM EDT Oct 8, 2021 . A 17-year-old boy, identified as Brian Hurlburt of Fort Pierce, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting. Those with information are asked to call Detective Charles Montano at 772-467-6905 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-TIPS. Detectives said they are not searching for anyone else in the case, and there isn't a safety risk to the nearby businesses. More:Police investigate homicide of 19-year-old in Fort Pierce, More: Woman accused of stabbing another woman with serrated knife in St. Lucie County, More:Police: Man dances in celebration after pawning items stolen in Port St. Lucie. Tuesday, October 12th 2021. Police said he mishandled a weapon while they were riding together in a car Friday night. Stuart police officers found a man laying on the ground, shot in the chest and in need of medical treatment in a residential backyard. Aden was still inside and the two continued arguing, but stopped and appeared to have worked things out,according to the report. Before police arrived, a man had called emergency dispatchers and said his neighbor shot him. Warren L. Wiley, 20, of the 1200 block of North 24th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested on a third-degree felonymurder charge.Third-degree murder indicates an unintentional killingwhile committing, or attempting to commit, a non-violent felony. Let's start with the obvious: No amount of gun violence anywhere on the Treasure Coast is acceptable. Police arrived to find a. Officers said they recovered a firearm near the scene. 2019 GINNY BEAGAN/TCPALM, Port St. Lucie police officer resigns amid probe involving sexual photos, text messages, Two shot in Fort Pierce in case that remains under investigation, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The three in the vehicle were described as men from Fort Pierce, ages 28, 35 and 40. Roughly an hour later, policesurrounded Smiths home and arrested him. Will Greenlee is a breaking news reporter for TCPalm. Mother of the suspect says the two were best friends, had matching tattoos. The name of the victim has not been released. Wiley was held Thursday in the St. Lucie County Jail on $750,000 bond, a jail official said. FORT PIERCE, Fla. A man was injured Wednesday afternoon after a shooting at a Fort Pierce store, police said. An agency spokesperson called the shooting and the over 50 shell casings recovered, "a dispute between two rival Fort Pierce gangs." No one has been arrested and no suspects have been. It's at least the second homicide case this year investigated by Fort Pierce police in which arrest records were sealed. A 17-year-old boy, identified as Brian Hurlburt of Fort Pierce, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting. Let's start with the obvious: No amount of gun violence anywhere on the Treasure Coast is acceptable.