Tampa Police were alerted that a man told a relative that he was going to take his own life.
This afternoon, officers began looking for the man’s vehicle, a GMC Sierra.
Officers located the man’s vehicle on the side of the northbound lanes of I-275 just short of the downtown exits.
The man inside was dead. The investigation determined that he had taken his own life. His next of kin have been notified.
The northbound lanes from Howard/Armenia to the downtown exits were closed down temporarily.