Crime & Safety

Man Wanted In 7-Eleven Clerk Slaughter Caught On Video

The public's help is sought in locating two young men wanted in the July 10 slaying of 7-11 clerk Kenneth Lee Redding, 54.

This story was first posted July 10, 2013, at 6:29 p.m.

Surveillance video from the July 10 killing of a store clerk in Riverview, at the corner of Bloomingdale Avenue and Watson Road, has been released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

The four clips, compiled into the one video you see posted here, is of a young man in a gray T-shirt and shorts, seen at the counter of the 7-Eleven at 11015 Bloomingdale Ave. The man is then seen from different camera angles, with different time stamps, dressed in a royal blue and black hoodie and pants. He is seen walking down an aisle with his hands in his pockets, then entering the bathroom, then making his way down an aisle, crouched and peering up.

It is from that aisle that Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigators say that the man they identified as Lawrence Robert Bongiovanni II, brutally attacked store clerk Kenneth Lee Redding, 54, of Gibsonton.

Also wanted in connection with the case is Russell Beasley, 25.

According to Larry McKinnon, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, Redding fled the 7-Eleven on foot, then met up with Beasley and drove off in a car. Redding allegedly stole scratch-off lottery tickets, which the two men then cashed in at two convenience stores nearby, and later at convenience stores south down Interstate 75.

The men reportedly made their way to Punta Gorda.
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Check back with Patch for a report on Sheriff David Gee's press conference concerning the case.
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Detectives seek the public's help in finding the man wanted in this homicide.

  • Call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 813-247-8200.
  • To be eligible for a cash reward, for information leading to an arrest, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477).
  • Or, text "CSTB [plus your tip]" to  C-R-I-M-E-S (274637).





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