Detectives Investigate Suicide in Palm Harbor (26-090)

PALM HARBOR – Detectives assigned to the Robbery & Homicide Unit are investigating a suicide in Palm Harbor.

On Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 2:37 A.M., deputies responded to 37100 US 19 North in Palm Harbor after receiving numerous calls for a report of a suicide. When deputies arrived on scene, they located 30-year-old David Greis Ospina in his vehicle suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

As the investigation commenced, detectives learned that Ospina was a deputy sheriff with Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and had been employed with them since July 15, 2019.

According to detectives, Ospina and a female subject, who is also a deputy sheriff with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, were at a Halloween party earlier in the evening in Pasco County.

Detectives learned that Ospina and the female subject left the party and went to Silks Gentleman’s Club in Palm Harbor where they got into an altercation in the parking lot.

Ospina and the female subject got into his truck with Ospina in the driver’s seat and the female in the backseat of the truck. Ospina produced a handgun and pointed it at the female prior to turning it on himself and shooting himself in the head.

The female was able to exit the truck and alert patrons at the business, who then called 911. Life saving measures were attempted and Ospina was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

The next of kin has been notified.

The investigation continues.