In a strange twist the Police Officer killed in Tarpon Springs, FL this morning was a New York City police officer. He has 5 children. They have not released the suspect race or reason for the shooting.
A Tarpon Springs police officer was shot and killed overnight, and a man identified as a transient has been charged with first-degree murder, authorities said.
Investigators are also working a nearby second scene on Athens Street, where the shooter - identified as 23-year-old Marco Antonio Parilla Jr. - fled in a white Hyundai sedan. Parilla crashed into a power pole and snapped it and then crashed into a pickup truck, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Cecila Barreda said.
Parilla was arrested and taken to the Pinellas County Jail.
Three cops. Can it please stop now?
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