Florida cop who was handcuffed throughout argument with spouse the place he threatened to ‘finish it’ shoots himself in head hours later

Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez was allegedly seen holding a gun to his mouth and threatening his spouse to “finish it” — just hours before he shot himself in the head.

Tampa Police Division launched bodycam footage of the second Ramirez, 52, and his spouse Jody had been approached by police of their Twelfth-floor lodge room on the JW Marriott lodge.

Ramirez — on the lodge for a sheriff’s convention — bought right into a combat with Jody after she had been ingesting and the pair argued outdoors the lodge.

A close-by lodge worker instructed police a witness had claimed “they had been out right here arguing, they got here out right here and he stated he was going to ‘finish it now’ and put a gun in his mouth.”

Police approached the couple’s room with a ballistic protect and weapons drawn because the spouse exited along with her palms up, the bodycam footage reveals. Moments later, Ramirez exited the room along with his palms up earlier than putting them at his waist, regardless of officers screaming at him to cease.

“What are you doing?” he requested as police moved to handcuff him. “You already know I’m the Director of the Miami-Dade Police Division?

“I didn’t do something, I don’t perceive,” he stated earlier than reiterating that he was linked to the neighboring division.

Whereas being questioned by police, he instructed them he and Jody had been “speaking” and that he by no means pulled out a gun.

Police pulled Jody to a separate location to query her, the place she requested officers: “Is that this for actual?”

When requested if she was protected or had any considerations, Ramirez’s spouse stated she didn’t have any and “didn’t recall him taking [the gun] out.” She later modified her reply to say she didn’t keep in mind.

Jody — who’s been married to Ramirez for 30 years — stated they bought right into a “heated” argument and she or he knew “all of the buttons to push.”

“I do know each button to push and I’m pushing them right now as a result of I usually don’t drink. He bought me on Outdated Vogue, it’s his fault,” she stated.

When requested about her husband’s mindset, she admitted he has “loads of demons from the job.” — “as you guys all are most likely conscious of,” she stated.

Three hours later, Jody referred to as 911 from I-75, screaming for assist as her husband shot himself within the head.

“Oh my God, assist me, assist me, assist me, assist me!” she instructed dispatch, recounting that her husband had walked into the street and that she was attempting to assist him. She stated she tried to deal with his head wound on a grassy a part of the street, however that he wouldn’t let her.

Ramirez underwent surgical procedure and was in essential situation. He didn’t undergo any mind injury, however may lose his proper eye, NBC South Florida reported.

The Miami-Dade Police Division confirmed the taking pictures. Ramirez has been with the division since 1995.

Ramirez was appointed to oversee the Miami-Dade company in 2020 after 24 years with the division.

Not like most Florida counties, Miami-Dade doesn’t have an elected sheriff and as a substitute appoints a director.

New laws, nevertheless, will reinstate the sheriff’s place subsequent yr for the primary time since 1966.