Pasco County Deputy Dies By Suicide Outside Palm Harbor Club, Authorities Say

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A Pasco County sheriff’s deputy died early Saturday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an altercation outside a Palm Harbor club, according to investigators.

Deputies responded around 2:37 a.m. to 37100 U.S. 19 North after emergency dispatchers received multiple calls reporting a suicide. At the scene, first responders located 30-year-old David Greis Ospina inside his truck suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics initiated life-saving measures and transported him to a local hospital, where medical personnel pronounced him dead.

Ospina had served as a deputy sheriff with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office since July 15, 2019, detectives said…

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