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Port St. Lucie Man Held After Shots Fired Outside Bar in Chicken-Egg Dispute

Police cite a drunken argument over egg counts as the dispute that preceded the shots.

Overview

  • Police identify the suspect as 44-year-old Peter Riera, accused of firing four rounds from a .45-caliber Glock outside the closed Harper's Pub around 2:30 a.m.
  • Riera faces three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, four counts of discharging a firearm in public, and one count of using a firearm under the influence, and he is being held without bond.
  • Body-camera video shows officers taking Riera into custody following multiple 911 calls, including one placed by the suspect.
  • Investigators say everyone had been drinking; the three targets knew each other and had only met Riera that night, and no one was injured.
  • During the response, Brandon Pace, 24, was arrested on a charge of resisting an officer with violence and Kayla Damiani, 26, on resisting without violence, as police continue to seek witnesses and video.