{"id":4705,"date":"2013-03-01T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2013-03-02T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T17:45:28","slug":"st-lucie-county-sheriffs-sergeant-murdered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4705","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Sergeant Murdered"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sgt. Gary Morales Courtesy St. Lucie SO<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday morning, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Gary Morales was shot to death on a traffic stop in Fort Pierce.\u00a0 Sgt. Morales was in his patrol vehicle when suspect Eriese Alphonso Tisdale exited the stopped car and shot Morales.\u00a0 Morales later died at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

According to SLCSO, the suspect is in custody and is charged with first-degree premeditated murder, assault on an officer\/firefighter\/EMT, fleeing and eluding and possession of a weapon or ammunition by a felon.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Morales was a former U.S. Air Force K9 handler.\u00a0 A 13 year veteran of the SLCSO, he had served as an SRO, SWAT Sniper Team Leader, and Special Investigations detective.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Morales leaves behind a wife and two young daughters.\u00a0 A public viewing is scheduled for Monday March 4 at 10:00 at the Westside Baptist Church, 3361 South Jenkins Road in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Morales is the first police officer to be killed in the line of duty this year in Florida.\u00a0 Our condolences go out to his family and the SLCSO.<\/p>\n

The following information was forwarded to me from Barbara Snow at the US War Dogs Assoc., Southern Chapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Gary Morales
\n07\/13\/1977 – 02\/28\/2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here for more information<\/a><\/p>\n

Viewing<\/span><\/strong>
\nMonday March 4th, 2013 at 10:00am<\/p>\n

Service<\/span><\/strong>
\nMonday March 4th, 2013 at 12:00pm
\nWestside Baptist Church
\nLocated at 3361 S. Jenkins Rd.
\nFort Pierce, FL 34981<\/p>\n

Graveside Service<\/span><\/strong>
\nMonday March 4th, 2013 immediately following
\nForest Hills Memorial Park
\n2001 SW Murphy Rd
\nPalm City, Fl 34990<\/p>\n

Donations<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnyone wishing to make donations to the Morales family may make checks to
\n“The 100 Club of St. Lucie County, Florida”
\nPlease designate the donation is for the Morales Family.
\n100% of the donation goes directly to the family.<\/p>\n

Mailing Address<\/em>
\nThe Hundred Club of St. Lucie County, FL
\n4700 W. Midway Rd.
\nFort Pierce, FL 34981<\/p>\n

Accomodations for Guests<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>
\nHilton Garden Inn (PGA)<\/strong><\/em>
\n845 Commerce Centre Dr.
\nPort St. Lucie, FL 34986
\n(772) 871-6850
\nRate of $109 – Group Name “Gary”<\/p>\n

Resident Inn<\/strong><\/em>
\n1920 SW Fountain View
\nPort St. Lucie, FL 34986
\n(772) 344-7814
\nRate of $99 – Group Name “Morales”<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Gary Morales was shot to death on a traffic stop in Fort Pierce.\u00a0 Sgt. Morales was in his patrol vehicle when suspect Eriese Alphonso Tisdale exited the stopped car and shot Morales.\u00a0 Morales later died at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center. According to SLCSO, the suspect is in custody and is charged with first-degree premeditated murder, assault on an officer\/firefighter\/EMT, fleeing and eluding and possession of a weapon or ammunition by a felon. Sgt. Morales was a former U.S. Air Force K9 handler.\u00a0 A 13 year veteran of the SLCSO, he had served as an SRO, SWAT Sniper Team Leader, and Special Investigations … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[670,834,668,669],"class_list":["post-4705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-down","tag-eriese-tisdale","tag-officer-down","tag-sgt-gary-morales","tag-st-lucie-county-sheriffs-office"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-1dT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4705"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4715,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions\/4715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}