An off-duty Pasco County sheriff’s deputy died from a self-inflicted gunshot in the parking lot of a strip club, authorities said.
David Greis Ospina, 30, went to the Palm Harbor strip club with a woman, also a Pasco County sheriff’s deputy, about 2:30 a.m. Oct. 24. The pair got into an argument in the parking lot of Silks Gentleman’s Club, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office,the investigating agency.
Ospina got into the driver’s seat of his truck while the woman got in the backseat. He then took out a handgun, pointed it at the woman and then shot himself in the head, according to a news release.
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The woman exited the vehicle and went back to the business where she asked 911 to be called.
Ospina was transported to a hospital where
he was pronounced dead. He had been with Pasco County Sheriff’s Office since July 2019.
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This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Florida deputy dies from self-inflicted gunshot outside strip club
