Location

January 16, 2023

Ilous Ellis Park
Avenue M and N 13th St
Fort Pierce, Florida

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
• Defensive Use
• Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
• Defensive Use - Good Samaritan/Third Party
• Defensive use - No shots fired
• Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
• House party / Block Party / Park Party
• Gang involvement

Notes

Shooting at end of MLK celebration car show in Ft Pierce. Eight shot, four others injured in escape. Armed citizens formed defensive line to help families get out of the shooting zone to safety.

Guns Involved

3 guns involved.

• Type: Unknown

• Type: Unknown

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2023/01/17/detectives-investigate-shoot-near-avenue-m-and-13th-street-in-fort-pierce/69812766007/

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• URL: https://www.wflx.com/2023/01/17/8-people-shot-1-critically-ilouis-ellis-park-fort-pierce/

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• URL: https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-park-shooting-mlk-day/42527014

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• URL: https://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/update-on-ilous-ellis-park-shooting-3-20-23

District

Congressional District: 21
State Senate District: 29
State House District: 84