Pinellas County detectives are investigating the death of an off-duty Pasco County sheriff’s deputy who authorities say threatened another deputy with a handgun before fatally shooting himself in Palm Harbor early Saturday.
Deputies responded to 37100 U.S. 19 North at approximately 2:37 a.m. on October 24, 2026, after receiving multiple 911 calls. They found 30-year-old David Greis Ospina inside his vehicle with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Lifesaving measures were attempted, and Ospina was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to detectives, Ospina and a woman who is also a Pasco County sheriff’s deputy had attended a Halloween party in Pasco County earlier in the evening. They later went to Silks Gentleman’s Club in Palm Harbor, where they became involved in an altercation in the parking lot.
Investigators said the two entered Ospina’s truck, with Ospina in the driver’s seat and the woman in the back seat. Ospina then produced a handgun and pointed it at her before turning the weapon on himself…