Man killed in West Village police shoot

The gunman killed in a wild West Village shoot-out with cops and U.S. Marshals on Monday is an accused child molester who has been on the run for more than two years.

Charles Mozdir, who is from suburban San Diego, was wanted for fondling the genitals of his friend's 7-year-old son and vanished after failing to show up for his June 2012 arraignment.

His sister told cops the last time she saw Mozdir he was walking 'Lucky,' his black Lab.

Police found Mozdir's car a few days later on the other side of the country, in coastal Darien, Ga. But there was no sign of the 32-year-old suspect.

The search for Mozdir was featured on CNN's new John Walsh show, 'The Hunt.'

On the show's website, Mozdir's friends described him as an oddball who 'seemed to have a secret life and told outlandish stories about his overseas travels.'

Still, they were close enough to Mozdir to have him take the photographs at their wedding - and trusted him enough to have him help out when their son was sick with a fever and the father was out of town on business.

That was a mistake.

The couple claims that while the mother was busy trying to take care of their newborn daughter, Mozdir molested their sick son.

In the morning, the clueless mother even thanked Mozdir for being 'a great godfather,' according to the CNN show.

But when the boy told them what happened, the couple called the Coronado cops and they found evidence of child pornography and bestiality on his cellphone and computers.

The shocked couple also learned that Mozdir had been accused of molesting another boy he had been babysitting.

But by then, Mozdir was on the run and police suspected, at first, that he might have fled to Mexico or Japan.

His roommate also warned detectives that Mozdir had two guns and had threatened to kill himself and kill a victim's father.

When cops found Mozdir's car hidden in some brush, they discovered an extra gas tank inside the vehicle and that the license plate had been torn off.

A bloodhound picked up Mozdir's scent on a nearby highway but the trail turned cold after that.

Mozdir was able to elude police, according to CNN, because he had EMT training and appeared to have the ability to 'live off the land for extended periods of time.'

Steve Jurman, a supervisory deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service, told CNN that they believe Mozdir molested other kids.

csiemaszko@nydailynews.com