Suicide threat shuts down Alafaya

An Orlando woman threatened to commit suicide in her car with a rifle  Tuesday evening near the Pegasus Pointe Apartments, according to an Orange County Sheriff's Office report.

According to the report, the woman had openly talked about her suicidal thoughts among friends and family after ending a relationship with her boyfriend days prior.

Deputies arrived at the woman's home about 8:20 p.m. after receiving a call that the woman intended to hurt herself. Deputies followed the woman driving a 1999 gold Ford Ranger down Coral Reef Drive toward Alafaya Trail.

According to the report, the woman told deputies that she had a gun.

Several more deputies responded to the scene on Alafaya Trail near Challenger Parkway after the woman revealed a .22-caliber Ruger rifle.

At about 9 p.m. a stretch of Alafaya Trail remained closed while deputies attempted to talk to the woman who remained in her car, with the rifle placed under her chin. By 10 p.m., the woman surrendered to deputies.The woman was Baker Acted and remains in the custody of mental health care officials. Alafaya Trail was reopened after 10 p.m.