Another Police Officer Shot Dead in Tampa Florida Sunday Morning

Marco Antonion Parilla Jr, 23, (left) gunned down Charles Kondek, 45, (right) after cops came to question him about neighbors' noise complaints. Now detained on a first-degree murder charge, Parilla insists it was 'not my intention' and apologized to the family of veteran officer Kondek. The shooting did not appear to have any connection to the ambush killings of two New York police officers a day earlier.

Authorities said Kondek responded to a noise call around 2 a.m. at an apartment complex in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa. Parilla was pounding on doors, looking for a neighbor who 'dimed him out' to police, authorities said.

When Parilla saw Kondek, he fired multiple rounds at the officer, striking him once above his bullet-proof vest. Kondek later died of his injuries at a local hospital, the police department said.

 

 

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