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Port St. Lucie Sergeant Improving After Eye Surgery as Police Detail Suspect’s Survival-Style Arsenal

Doctors expect a transfer back to Longwood Medical Center within two days.

Overview

  • Sergeant Erik Levasseur, shot twice in the face on Monday, is now awake, responsive and communicating through written notes.
  • Surgeons removed shrapnel from both of his eyes late Wednesday at an undisclosed hospital.
  • Police identified the suspected gunman as 32-year-old Frankie Salvatore Riccio, who had no prior criminal history or calls for service.
  • Detectives say they recovered about 20 weapons, ballistic vests, gas masks, survival food and a flash-bang device from Riccio’s home.
  • Two 911 calls came in that night from Riccio’s mother and a neighbor who reported he pointed a rifle at her, and video shows the suspect opening fire with an AK-style rifle.