Journal Staff Writer
It was a short taste of freedom for convicted killer Alfred “Freddie” Bishop — 10 months, 17 days.
After three decades in jail, that’s all the time he had between his release last August and his arrest last month. Alfred “Freddie” Bishop is led into the courtroom yesterday. Bishop had served 33 years in prison for a 1973 shotgun murder. Now, he’s charged with killing a man during a late-night break-in in Warwick.
The Providence Journal / Kathy Borchers
Yesterday Bishop was ordered held without bail on a new murder charge and six related counts at his appearance in Kent County District Court.
In 1973, it was the shotgun death of a friend that sent him to jail. Now it is alleged that Bishop fatally shot Warwick resident Gabriel Medeiros, 35, and wounded his brother and sister-in-law during a late-night burglary in June. When the family tried to fight off their intruder, he opened fire, the police say.
Bishop, now 65, appeared unfazed by the severity of the allegations leveled against him yesterday. Flanked by two court officers, he said little, his graying hair combed back, his clothing rumpled.
Prosecutors never got the chance to present details about the night of the killing before Judge William Clifton ordered Bishop held on the murder charge, as well as two counts of assault with intent to murder, one count of burglary and three counts of discharging a firearm.
Because all are felonies, Bishop was not allowed to enter any pleas.
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Alfred “Freddie” Bishop is led into the courtroom yesterday. Bishop had served 33 years in prison for a 1973 shotgun murder. Now, he’s charged with killing a man during a late-night break-in in Warwick. 
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