charles mozdir chose to run, and he stayed out there for two years. and he chose to have a gun, and he chose to shoot those cops first. they wanted to bring him in. they wanted to take him in alive. they only had to fire because he shot each one of those three cops. i always believe that the public was the best ally to law enforcement. all i ask was go online, make that phone call, give us the tip, we'll take it from there. and they came through again. you came through again. back the in 1981 i had the american dream, the beautiful wife, the house in the suburbs and a beautiful 6-year-old son. and one day i went to work, kiss mid son goodbye, never saw him again. in two weeks i became the parent of a murdered child. and i'll always be the parent of a murdered child. i still have the heartache. i still have the rage. i waited years for justice. i know what's it like to be there waiting is for some answers. and over those years i learned how to do one thing really well. and that's how to catch these bastards and bring them back to justice. i've become a

built for business. >>> mozdir was not at the residence.charles' roommate and he told me that charles had been there a week before. that he believed it was the day he bailed out. and that he was very nervous, very anxious. >> he said, yeah, charlie grabbed his stuff in a hurry. he said that his friend john is lying and falsely accusing him and that he would kill -- or that he would take john out. myself. he would take john out before he would ever go to prison. the roommate knew for a fact charlie had two guns -- one registered, one unregistered -- and wanted the detectives to know that, that this threat could be valid, that this should be taken seriously. >> when we found out that he was gone, that he had skipped out, it made us feel very vulnerable. we felt very worried. especially him knowing where we lived. ♪ >> the vehicle was found, and i literally did a jig. i thought, oh, this is amazing. >> several days after charles went missing, mozdir's vehicle was located in georgia. appeared to be abandoned. the license plate had been ripped o

he was very helpful in putting it all together. >> charles mozdir did a great job and spent his whole job. know what his great job was? hiding from everybody what he really was. >> charlie knew everything about us. he knew our deepest secrets. he was like a brother. even when my son was born, he was there. i think in the delivery room. liam and charlie were close in the sense of like an uncle and a nephew. >> this case is so disturbing because this type of predator is so cunning and uses his charm to make his victim accessible through the victim's own parents. little bit different than the internet pedophile. this guy ingratiates himself with the family. he's the go-to guy. he's the guy that everybody trusts. >> liam was sick. he came home with a 105 fever from school. my daughter was a newborn, she was only a few weeks old, and i was trying to care for her with little sleep, and also care for liam being very ill. i had spoken with my husband to see if he could come home from work. he's gone all the time in the late spring and summer due to his line of work, and me being in a delicate

. >> mozdir pulled out a gun and began firing. he hit one of the detectives in the abdomen. he hit another in the leg. another was injured with what appears to be a shrapnel or bullet to the arm as well. they opened fire back, taking him down. he was killed, pronounced dead on the scene. >> charles mozdir, after two years on the run and not one clue to where he was, was taken down. charles mozdir chose to run and he stayed out there for two years, and he chose to have a gun and he chose to shoot those cops first. they wanted to bring him in. they wanted to take him in alive. they only had to fire because he shot each one of those three cops. i always believed that the public was the best ally to law enforcement. all i asked was go online, make that phone call, give us the tip. we'll take it from there. and they came through again. you came through again. >>> back in 1981, i had the american dream, the beautiful wife, the house in the suburbs, and a beautiful 6-year-old son. and one day i went to work, kissed my son good-bye, and never saw him again. in two weeks, i became th

. >> the task force tracked mozdir to the busy street.ofile on cnn's "the hunt" with john walsh. >> my son sat me down and said, mom, i have something to tell you. >> charlie mozdir, his friends called him, was suspected of molesting his 5-year-old godson as the boy's mother slept nearby. the segment was still airing when a florida woman called a hot line with a crucial lead. >> the tipster stated, i know mozdir. >> in new york, people who knew him, knew him not as charlie moz der dir, they knew him as john smith who seemed to blend in with the darker, seedier side of life here on west 4th street. >> he had a history of working in smoke shops, a hobby of blowing glass, which would come in handy at a smoke shop. >> on yelp, customers rated the man they called big john as super helpful. another saying, quote, john is the dude. he was pretty chilled and very helpful. he was also under the radar, living blocks from the shop in apartment 3a with his black labrador lucky. a neighbor who also has a black lab described him as weird. >> the way he

. >> one of the officers went inside and identified mozdir.sk force entered, that's when the shooting began. >> during the exchange of gunfire, the detective and two marshals were wounded. mozdir was shot dead. >> he had grown a beard and had no intention of being taken quietly. >> a .22 caliber handgun was taken from the scene. >> alexis green lives down the block and took these photos immediately after the shooting. >> what i first noticed was a rather large crowd and then some heavily armed police officers with helmets on, detectives, ambulance workers. >> one u.s. marshal shot in the leg. another injured in the arm. the nypd detective assigned to the task force shot in the abdomen. none of the injuries are believed to be life throw teate. >> mozdir was last seen two years ago in san diego after being accused of molesting a friend's 7-year-old son. at the time police searched his home n fond a cell phone with images of child porn and bestiality. his abandoned car was found soon after in georgia. the license plate removed and mozdir seemingl

. >> mozdir pulled out a gun and began firing. he hit one of the detectives in the abdomen.to be a shrapnel or bullet to the arm as well. they opened fire back, taking him down. he was killed, pronounced dead on the scene. >> charles mozdir, after two years on the run and not one clue to where he was, was taken down. charles mozdir chose to run and he stayed out there for two years, and he chose to have a an

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. >> mozdir pulled out a gun and he began firing. he hit one of the detectives in the abdomen.another in the leg. another was injured with what appears to be a shrapnel or bullet to the arm as well. they opened fire back, taking him down. he was killed, pronounced dead on the scene. >> charles mozdir, after two years on the run and not one clue to where he was, was taken down. charles mozdir chose to run and he stayed out there for two years, and he chose to have a gun and he chose to shoot those cops first. they wanted to bring him in. they wanted to take him in alive. they only had to fire because he shot each one of those three cops. i always believed that the public was the best ally to law enforcement. all i asked was go online, make that phone call, give us the tip. we'll take it from there. and they came through again. you came through again. >>> back in 1981, i had the american dream, the beautiful wife, the house in the suburbs, and a beautiful 6-year-old son. and one day i went to work, kissed my son good-bye, and never saw him again. in two weeks, i became the parent

. >> mozdir pulled out a gun and began firing. he hit one of the detectives in the abdomen.eg. another was injured with what appears to be a shrapnel or bullet to the arm as

. >> the last suspect, the mozdir guy was killed in a shoot-out in new york.ere several officers hurt in this process. law enforcement officers do want this assistance. >> most law enforcement, they love john walsh because he brings good news, he brings tips. he brings hundreds of thousands of tips that they would heretofore never have had. in this particular case, this was an old girlfriend who knew of the show and saw an ex-boyfriend who was completely different. his image had completely changed. no one would have recognized this guy but that girlfriend did. >> and here's the thing that's so hard for families, they feel they live with the ago nrk every day and fear that's once it's out of the headlines it's forgotten. >> how about you living in california feeling the fear about a crime you might have ever known about? >> we don't know at what point this man, fugitive died. he's off the streets now. >> and no long are most wanted. >> you can see ashleigh again in a mere 16 minutes on her show, "legal view" ahead for that. >> camp pers trapped behind a wall of

m mozdir's life as a fugitive had come to a violent end. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> and, of course, you can watch "the hunt" tonight 9:00 eastern time. that's going to do it for me. thanks for being with me and jake tapper today. now the newsroom continues with poppy harlow. >>> good evening, everyone, you're in the "cnn newsroom," i'm poppy harlow in new york. >> and i'm jim sciutto in washington. >> harsh reaction from the united states. nine palestinians were killed. the school was being used as a shelter for nearly 3,000 palestinians in southern gaza. here's part of the reaction just coming out from the state department. quote, the united states is appalled by today's disgraceful shelling outside a unrwa school in rafah. the facilities have been communicated to the israeli defense forces. also said importantly here to point out that israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties. >> now, the israeli defense forces say they targeted three militants riding on a motorcycle in the vicinity of a school.