TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — The Tunnel to Towers Foundation paid off the mortgage of murdered Tarpon Springs Officer in observance of the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Charles Kondek Jr. was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 21, 2014, according to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Kondek Jr. followed in his fathers footsteps, who was an NYPD Detective, by joining the NYPD in 1991. He served in New York City for six years, then transferring to Tarpon Springs.
According to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, Kondek Jr. responded to a noise complaint for loud music from a parked car, when approaching the vehicle, a career fugitive with an active warrant and stolen gun ran towards him firing seven times before running him over and fleeing the scene.
Kondek Jr. is survived by his wife Teresa and five children, Charles M., Holly, Andrew, Brandon, and Aleena.
Five years after Kondek Jr. was killed, Andrew graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy, and is now serving as a Tampa Airport Police Officer.