A Tarpon
Spring Police Department, West Florida cop, Charles Kondek, 45, has been shot
and killed early while responding to a call for service near Glen’s Eureka
Apartments, 199 Grand Blvd.
Medics made efforts to save his life at
Florida
Hospital, North Pinellas but he succumbed to his injuries.
The
suspect, Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 24, fled in a car before crashing into a
pole at Athens and Cross streets, deputies said. He then tried to run and was
apprehended, deputies said.
Parilla
has a lengthy criminal history in Hillsborouh County, including arrests for
selling and possessing cocaine and marijuana, trafficking in stolen property
and leaving the scene of a crash.
Officer
Charles Kondek is a father of five, the youngest of which is 15. He is a
17-year veteran of the Tarpon Springs Police Department.
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