Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports off-duty Pasco County deputy dies by suicide in Palm Harbor strip club parking lot

A law enforcement officer died and another deputy was involved in an on-site altercation, prompting an active investigation by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

• •An off-duty Pasco County sheriff's deputy, 30-year-old David Greis Ospina, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• •The incident occurred in the parking lot of Silks Gentlemen’s Club in Palm Harbor just after 2:30 a.m. on Saturday.
• •Investigators learned Ospina and a female Pasco County deputy attended a Halloween party earlier in the night before arriving at the strip club.
• •The two deputies got into an argument in the parking lot, during which Ospina sat in the driver's seat of his truck and the female deputy sat in the backseat.
• •Ospina pointed a handgun at the female deputy before shooting himself in the head.
• •The female deputy alerted individuals inside the business, who then called 911.
• •Ospina had been employed with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office since July 2019.