“Caged Rat”: Man Shoots, Kills, Florida Police Officer

A veteran police officer was shot and killed — and even run over — in Florida on Sunday by a wanted man who said he felt like a "caged rat" and didn't wan't to return to prison, officials said. Tarpon Springs Officer Charles Kondek, a former New York City police officer and father of five, was fatally shot by Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 23, near Tampa. Parilla said "he 'felt like a caged rat.'" Sheriff Bob Gualiteri said. "Well, he's going back to prison and he can be a caged rat in prison because that's where he belongs."

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