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Update: Detectives Have Identified And Are Seeking One of the Suspects In Monday's Home Invasion/Shooting

Release Number:  09-203

Who:
Suspect being sought:

Kenneth Lee Bishop aka: Kenneth Lee Washington
DOB: 8/27/80
LKA:  5535 68th Lane North, Apt. F  - St. Petersburg

Described as:

A black male
6' 3"  tall
217 pounds
brown eyes - black hair

Suspect received a minor gunshot wound to the right foot in Monday's incident.

What:  Pinellas detectives are looking for Kenneth Lee Bishop as one of the three suspects involved in a home invasion/shooting, which occurred Monday, August 24, where an occupant in the residence was shot.

Bishop also reportedly received a minor gunshot wound to the right foot.

Anyone having knowledge of Bishop's whereabouts or this crime is asked to call the Pinellas Sheriff's Office at 727-582-6200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS.

Bishop does have an arrest history in Pinellas County - and has been booked into the county jail.

Where:  (See details from the original news release below)

When:  (See details from the original news release below)

How/Why:  

Details from original news release, #09-200:

Detectives assigned to the Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit are continuing to investigate a St. Petersburg home invasion and the subsequent shooting that left one person injured. The crime occurred at a private residence located at 5101 37th Street North in unincorporated St. Petersburg at about 11:12 a.m. on Monday, August 24, 2009.

According to detectives, three suspects, forcefully entered the private residence. One person in the home was then shot and was subsequently transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

A second person, who was also in the home at the time of the shooting, was not injured.

The three suspects fled the scene.

Detectives say the home invasion appears to be drug related.

The investigation continues.