Posted on 08/05/2023 4:43:40 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
Newly released bodycam footage shows police officers in Tampa handcuffing and releasing the Miami-Dade police director after he 'put his gun in his mouth' and threatened to 'end it now' - hours before he shot himself in the head.
Around a dozen Tampa Police Department officers were called to a hotel on July 23 at around 6.30pm following reports that a man - now known to be Miami-Dade police director Alfredo 'Freddy' Ramirez - was arguing with his wife and had pointed a gun at his head.
After putting Ramirez in cuffs and speaking with the couple, police released him from custody and left his hotel. Ramirez then called the Miami-Dade mayor and said he wanted to resign as he had 'made mistakes'.
As Ramirez and his wife, Jody, were driving home to Miami at around 8.30pm, he pulled over his car on the I-75 and shot himself in the head, according to police reports.
He was immediately taken to Tampa Hospital and underwent surgery. He was said to be in a stable condition and expected to recover without brain damage but has likely lost the use of his right eye.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
In the new footage Ramirez can be heard asking the Tampa cops responding to the scene, 'What are you doing?' and 'You know I'm the director of the Miami-Dade police department?'
Cops know the "courtesies" they can count on.
What a thing to do shooting himself in front of in front of his wife. He must have been bloody as heck. I’m amazed he survived.
Shooting is not nearly as certain a method of suicide as most people believe.
Hey Sharp shooter. Ya missed and failed!
Why save someone that shoots himself?
Why save someone that shoots himself?
He made some Mistakes...
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