By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
TAMPA — A woman shot herself in the mouth Tuesday during an apparent suicide attempt after a police chase, deputies said.
The woman went into the Walgreens drug store at 13130 N Dale Mabry Highway at 1:45 p.m., according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. She picked up a prescription but ran out of the store without paying. Store employees called for help, and deputies tracked her to S Village Drive and N Dale Mabry Highway. She threatened to shoot herself, then got back into her car and drove away.
Deputies chased her to Fletcher and Florida avenues, where she got out of her car again. She didn't listen to deputies trying to negotiate with her and shot herself in the mouth, the Sheriff's Office said.
The woman was conscious as she was being taken to ...