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Eight radical changeable astatine Martin Luther King Jr. Day lawsuit successful Fort Pierce

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A pistillate has died pursuing a shooting during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day lawsuit successful Florida, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

The unidentified 29-year-old Fort Pierce autochthonal was astatine a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day solemnisation successful Fort Pierce, Florida, with her 6-year-old girl connected Monday erstwhile shots rang retired betwixt 2 rival gangs, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Brian Hester said connected Tuesday. 

11:00 A.M. UPDATE: Sheriff Ken Mascara and Chief Deputy Brian Hester stock an update connected yesterday’s shooting. UPDATE 9:45 AM: We volition supply an update connected this incidental to this station astatine 11:00 a.m. SHOOTING UPDATE 10:30: According to Chief Deputy Brian Hester, astatine astir 5:20 this afternoon, a disagreement betwixt 2 parties resulted successful 8 gunshot victims during a Martin Luther King Jr. solemnisation astatine Ilous Ellis Park successful Ft. Pierce. One of those individuals is successful captious condition. Four different individuals were injured arsenic they were fleeing the scene. “Today, Chief Deputy Hester and I were honored to beryllium successful the Martin Luther King Jr. parade on Martin Luther King Blvd. Sadly, wrong hours of that parade ending, we are investigating a shooting successful a region parkland located astatine Avenue M and 13th Street successful which 8 radical person been shot,” said Sheriff Ken Mascara. If you person immoderate accusation related to this incident, delight interaction detectives oregon telephone Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-273-8477. MEDIA RELEASE: St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office detectives are connected country investigating a shooting incidental that occurred adjacent Ave. M and 13th Street successful Fort Pierce. We volition supply an update arsenic much accusation becomes available.

Posted by St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office connected Tuesday, January 17, 2023

In total, 8 radical were changeable and 4 were injured attempting to fly the scene, Sheriff Ken Mascara said. 

"And present what was a shooting probe has turned into a execution investigation," Mascara said. 

No apprehension person been made arsenic the sheriff's bureau collaborates with local, authorities and national agencies to analyse the shooting, Hester said. 

Investigators recovered implicit 50 ammunition casings from 3 antithetic calibers of weapons astatine the scene, Hester said. 

Authorities asked anyone with immoderate accusation to interaction a section hotline and warned anyone against protecting anyone progressive successful the shooting. 

"Let maine beryllium precise clear. If you are reasoning of, oregon hiding, supporting, protecting oregon aiding immoderate suspect, anyone progressive successful the heinous incident, past I tin guarantee you you we volition apprehension you, and we volition complaint you to the fullest grade of the law," Hester said. 

"Yesterday was MLK Day, a bequest built connected nonviolence, and sadly we experienced unit successful our community," Mascara added. "Our heartfelt sympathies spell retired to the young ladies household who mislaid her beingness successful this senseless act, and our assemblage successful general."

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