They vacationed in Tennessee, renting a cabin near the Great Smoky Mountains once a year.Д¬harles and Teresa held hands at the grocery store and while watching TV. He bought Teresa and their daughters flowers on their birthdays and on ValentineвЂ™s Day. He took them to dentist appointments, often falling asleep in the waiting room. He came back from his shift every morning and toasted bagels for the kids. He coached his youngest daughterвЂ™s soccer team. вЂњHe never walked through the house without one, two or three of them behind him,вЂќ Teresa, 46, said in her first interview since her husbandвЂ™s death. At night, after Teresa got home, she took over. He worked the midnight shift, so the kids never stayed with babysitters. A few months later, he proposed at Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach.ДЇor nearly two decades, they raised two daughters and three sons. ThatвЂ™s where he met Teresa, who also worked there. While he applied for a full-time job at the Tarpon Springs Police Department, Kondek worked as a youth care specialist at a teen shelter. In 1991, the younger Kondek also joined the NYPD, where he worked for five years before moving to Florida to be closer to family.

When he was a boy and his father headed to work, he would remind him: DonвЂ™t forget to wear your bullet-proof vest. was the son of a New York City police detective. In an unlocked 2007 Honda Accord, they found a black pistol.Д¬harles Kondek Jr. They rummaged through glove compartments and consoles, swiping a pair of sunglasses from a Chevrolet Suburban. вЂњBasically, the gun owners are arming people we really donвЂ™t want to have guns,вЂќ said David Hemenway, a Harvard University health policy professor who specializes in gun research.ДЇour months before KondekвЂ™s murder, two teens crept along driveways on Wind Cave Lane in Jacksonville before dawn, sliding their hands under the handles of cars parked on the quiet street. Stolen guns enter an illicit market that crosses state lines. In Florida, the number of people carrying guns has surged in the past decade, from 438,864 in 2007 to 1.7 million concealed permit holders this year. вЂњTheyвЂ™re not going to go to a store to buy guns.

вЂњThat is how the criminals are getting armed,вЂќ said Jacksonville SheriffвЂ™s Office Detective Tom Martin. Firearms stolen from these businesses during burglaries have more than quadrupled over the last five years, according to federal data, as owners continue to leave large caches of weapons in glass display cases at night. In Jacksonville alone, more than 1,000 firearms were stolen from unsecured cars in total during 20. Many gun owners leave their vehicles unlocked, making it easy for thieves to slip inside. Only about one in five has been recovered.Д¬ar burglaries across the state are driving the epidemic. The Times/Reveal obtained data from five law enforcement agencies in Florida and found that between 20, they documented nearly 11,000 stolen guns. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, a public safety agency with statewide jurisdiction, doesnвЂ™t keep track of how many stolen guns are recovered. In Tampa Bay alone, at least 9,000 stolen guns are missing. Since 2007, at least 82,000 guns have been reported stolen and never found. Those guns turn up in the hands of drug dealers and felons. The Tampa Bay Times and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting spent 10 months examining thousands of law enforcement records to chronicle the extent of the stolen gun problem in the state. In 2016 alone, at least one gun was reported stolen, on average, every hour. The pistol came from a thriving supply chain that provides criminals in Florida tens of thousands of guns. 40-caliber Glock, serial number 1ENK082US. Teresa remembered her husbandвЂ™s words: вЂњIf a Tarpon uniform ever comes here, I wonвЂ™t be home.вЂќДЄ single gunshot ended officer Charles KondekвЂ™s life on Dec. When he didnвЂ™t pick up, she opened the front door.ДЄ sergeant she recognized stood outside. He was working the midnight shift and wouldnвЂ™t be home for another four hours. She thought of her husband, a Tarpon Springs police officer. She peered outside and saw police lights flooding her street. Teresa KondekвЂ™s doorbell rang, jolting her awake.

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