{"id":8779,"date":"2014-12-21T09:07:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2014-12-27T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T17:37:59","slug":"tarpon-springs-officer-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8779","title":{"rendered":"Tarpon Springs Officer Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TSPD Ofc. Charles Kondek<\/p><\/div>\n

A Tarpon Springs, FL police officer was shot and killed overnight. \u00a0The suspect is in custody. \u00a0Neither the officer’s, nor suspect’s names have been released, but the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and Tarpon Springs Police Department said they are both male.<\/p>\n

I will update this after a press conference is held later this morning.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/span>\u00a0 The murdered officer is Ofc. Charles Kondek, 45, a 17 year veteran of TSPD and five years MOS with NYPD.\u00a0 He is survived by a wife and six children.<\/p>\n

No press conference as of 3:45 pm…\u00a0 It appeared Ofc. Kondek was on a call for service when he was killed, but few other details about the shooting have been released.\u00a0 The suspect, Marco Antonio Parilla, Jr, fled the scene in a white Hyundai, but crashed not far from the shooting.\u00a0 After fleeing on foot, he was apprehended hiding under some stairs by TSPD officers.<\/p>\n

Update:\u00a0 TSPD Chief Robert Kochen and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri held a press conference at 5:00 pm.\u00a0 Around 2 am, Ofc. Kondek responded to a noise complaint at an apartment building at 199 Grand Blvd.\u00a0 At the scene, Ofc. Kondek encountered Parilla, who was armed with a .40 cal. handgun.\u00a0 Parilla was aware that he had a felony warrant for Violation of Probation and was at the apartments to find a person he thought had been responsible for his VOP. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Upon seeing the officer, Parilla fired multiple rounds at Ofc. Kondek, striking him once in the neck above his ballistic vest.\u00a0 Ofc. Kondek was able to return fire, but he did not hit the suspect.\u00a0 Parilla then ran over the downed officer as Parilla fled in his sedan.\u00a0 Parilla was apprehended as described above.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Parilla had been released from DOC in March 2014.\u00a0 He had over 45 arrests, 30 for felony charges.\u00a0 Parilla’s motive for shooting and killing the officer was to avoid going back to prison.<\/p>\n

I am sure most of you feel the same way I do about this cowardly, senseless murder of a law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n

RIP Ofc. Kondek.\u00a0 Your family is in our thoughts.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n

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A Tarpon Springs, FL police officer was shot and killed overnight. \u00a0The suspect is in custody. \u00a0Neither the officer’s, nor suspect’s names have been released, but the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and Tarpon Springs Police Department said they are both male. I will update this after a press conference is held later this morning. Update:\u00a0 The murdered officer is Ofc. Charles Kondek, 45, a 17 year veteran of TSPD and five years MOS with NYPD.\u00a0 He is survived by a wife and six children. No press conference as of 3:45 pm…\u00a0 It appeared Ofc. Kondek was on a call for service when he was killed, but few other details about … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-down","category-officer-safety"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t