{"id":702,"date":"2025-12-13T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:13:29","slug":"a-veterans-valor-sht-in-the-face-still-fighting-for-his-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/a-veterans-valor-sht-in-the-face-still-fighting-for-his-community\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Veteran\u2019s Valor: Sh*t in the Face, Still Fighting for His Community\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Florida, Port Lucie Police Department, Sergeant is in critical condition after being shot twice in the face with an assault type rifle on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7588-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7588-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7588-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7588-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7588.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sgt. Erik LeVasseur, a 27-year veteran of the department, was shot twice in the face \u2014 once in the nose and once near his cheek &#8211; during a gunfight late Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers were called to a residence regarding a disturbance when the suspect shot at them with a rifle. Officers returned fire killing the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers were called to a residence regarding a disturbance when the suspect shot at them with a rifle. Officers returned fire killing the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/video-70.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are with Sgt. LeVasseur, his family, and the members of the Port St. Lucie Police Department as he continues to receive care following this tragic officer-involved shooting. This is a sad reminder of the uncertainty officers face every time they respond to a call. Sgt. LeVasseur, we are all rooting for you. We wish you strength, healing to overcome this tragedy, and a full recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida, Port Lucie Police Department, Sergeant is in critical condition after being shot twice in the face with an assault type rifle on Monday. Sgt. Erik LeVasseur, a 27-year veteran of the department, was shot twice in the face \u2014 once in the nose and once near his cheek &#8211; during a gunfight late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}