PORT ST. LUCIE — The Port St. Lucie Police Department on Tuesday released an update on Sgt. Erik Levasseur, who was critically injured in an officer-involved shooting on Dec. 1.
Surgeons successfully removed additional bullet fragments discovered during medical evaluations on Dec. 9, according to the department. Police said the shrapnel was lodged deeper than initially expected, but the procedure was successful.
Levasseur is awake and alert and remains in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital…