Overview
- Sgt. Erik Levasseur was escorted back to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce after surgeons at Jackson Memorial in Miami removed shrapnel from both eyes.
- Police say he is awake, responsive and communicating by written notes following being shot twice in the face during a Monday response in the Tradition neighborhood.
- Body-worn camera and other video captured an intense exchange of gunfire, with the suspect seen opening fire with an AK-47.
- Investigators identified the suspected shooter as 32-year-old Frankie Salvatore Riccio, noted two 911 calls to his home that night, and reported finding roughly 20 weapons, ballistic vests, gas masks, survival food, a flashbang device and medical-grade marijuana.
- In a separate case, Boynton Beach police with U.S. Marshals arrested 19-year-old Tevens Darnell Bradley in connection with the July 5 Sara Sims Park shooting, charging him with improper exhibition of a firearm with a felony gang enhancement.