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A veteran Florida police officer died on Sunday after being gunned down and run over with a car by a felon who said he "felt like a caged rat" because he faced likely arrest and more prison time, a law enforcement official said.
Officer Charles Kondek, a 45-year-old married father of six, was killed in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, after responding to a noise complaint around 2 a.m. EST, the local police department said.
Authorities charged Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., a 23-year-old released from prison in March and wanted for an alleged probation violation, with the first-degree murder of the officer.
"A tragedy caused by a coward," said Tarpon Springs Police Chief Robert Kochen. "It’s devastating."
Kondek's death followed a Saturday afternoon shooting in New York City, where a gunman shot dead two police officers and then killed himself. Authorities said that shooter had indicated on social media that he would seek revenge for recent U.S. police killings of unarmed black men.
http://news.yahoo.com/florida-police-officer-dies-duty-getting-shot-run-013435943.html
A veteran Florida police officer died on Sunday after being gunned down and run over with a car by a felon who said he "felt like a caged rat" because he faced likely arrest and more prison time, a law enforcement official said.
Officer Charles Kondek, a 45-year-old married father of six, was killed in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, after responding to a noise complaint around 2 a.m. EST, the local police department said.
Authorities charged Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., a 23-year-old released from prison in March and wanted for an alleged probation violation, with the first-degree murder of the officer.
"A tragedy caused by a coward," said Tarpon Springs Police Chief Robert Kochen. "It’s devastating."
Kondek's death followed a Saturday afternoon shooting in New York City, where a gunman shot dead two police officers and then killed himself. Authorities said that shooter had indicated on social media that he would seek revenge for recent U.S. police killings of unarmed black men.
http://news.yahoo.com/florida-police-officer-dies-duty-getting-shot-run-013435943.html
