FBI: Crime rate falling in Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce mayor Linda Hudson called the city safe on Friday.This comes after Monday's mass shooting at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event that cl...
Fort Pierce mayor Linda Hudson called the city safe on Friday.This comes after Monday's mass shooting at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event that claimed the life of a 29-year-old mother and injured seven others.Contact 5 looked at the city's crime statistics to check out the mayor's claim.The most recent numbers show that violent crime is higher in Fort Pierce than in most other Florida cities, but the same numbers show that the overall crime rate has been falling. Some residents said they find that hard to time believe in the wake of Monday's tragedy.