By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
ST. PETERSBURG — A man was shot and hospitalized late Monday after attempting to retrieve a bike he believed was stolen from him a week earlier, police said.
Henry Johnson, age unknown, was shot in his upper torso and taken to Bayfront Medical Center, where he was stable. Police arrested Jeremy Rodriguez on a charge of aggravated battery.
The incident happened on the 7900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. St. N about 11 p.m.
Police said they were parked in the parking lot at Ale House when they heard a gunshot and saw a man running. A K9 unit tracked Rodriguez down, police said.
They said Johnson had retrieved a bike he believed was stolen a week earlier.
No other information was immediately available.