FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — When Sgt. Erik LeVasseur walked back into HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital on January 28—upright, steady, and with his wife firmly holding his hand—the moment carried a weight that everyone in the room felt.
It was a stark contrast to the day he first arrived here, when he was rushed in with devastating injuries after being shot twice in the face during an ambush in Port St. Lucie on Dec.1, 2025, an incident widely documented during his 37-day hospitalization.
His return wasn’t a press conference, nor a celebration, but a quiet, powerful reunion with the physicians, nurses, and staff who treated him through multiple surgeries—an experience detailed in CBS12’s coverage when he was first released on Jan. 7, 2026. Photos from that day showed him walking out of the same hospital with his wife at his side…