The director of the Miami-Dade Police Department offered to resign his position hours before shooting himself, the county's mayor said Wednesday.
Details of the conversation were released as Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez was in a Tampa hospital, continuing to recover from the shooting. State officials are investigating events leading up to him shooting himself, including an argument with his wife at a Tampa hotel during a law enforcement conference, officials said.
"Freddy told me he had made a mistake, he was prepared to resign and I told him we would talk about it the next day," the mayor recounted during a news conference on Wednesday morning. She said Ramirez was "very remorseful" during their conversation.The shooting happened later Sunday night along Interstate 75 south of Tampa.
Ramirez, 52, remained in stable condition on Wednesday after undergoing surgeries to repair his injuries, the mayor said. Police officers were called to a downtown hotel after someone reported a pointing a gun at himself during an argument with a woman, according to a Tampa Bay police report. Officers spoke with the couple. He denied pulling out a gun, and Jody Ramirez told officers she was not in fear of her safety, the police report said.
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