By Jorge Milian
The Palm Beach Post
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Friends tried helping Timothy Dillon on Saturday afternoon as the 43-year-old drank alcohol and threatened to hurt himself with a gun.
But not long after they left their friend’s suburban Boynton Beach home, Dillon yelled at officers who had gathered at the scene, “Let’s get this over with,” then aimed his weapon at sheriff’s deputies and was shot.
As Dillon was recovering Monday, new details emerged from the shooting that forced the evacuation of several homes in Bristol Lakes, a gated community on Gateway Boulevard between Jog and Hagen Ranch roads.
Dillon was shot after a five-hour standoff when he pointed a handgun at Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office SWAT members Shawn Gordon and Eric Swiger, according to an arrest report. Gordon fired four shots, striking Dillon in the torso.
As deputies approached to render first aid, Dillon told them: “You (expletives) still didn’t get the job done! Just let me die!”
Gordon has been placed on administrative leave while the department reviews the case, which is standard procedure after a shooting.
Dillon is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm on a law-enforcement officer, improper display of a firearm and improper discharge of a firearm. Dillon was listed Monday in good condition at Delray Medical Center, said hospital spokesman Ryan Lieber.
Dillon does not have a criminal history, county records show.
Police responded to the single-family home on Brunswick Circle around 1:30 p.m. after receiving a call about a man trying to kill himself.
Robert Maimone told police he was on his way to Dillon’s house when he was notified by Dillon’s wife, Jessica, that her husband was “freaking out.” When Maimone arrived at the house, he found Dillon sitting in a chair in the master bedroom, drinking alcohol with a revolver pointed to the side of his head.
“It’s time to check out,” Dillon told Maimone, according to the report.
Maimone took the gun from Dillon and handed it to his wife, asking her to get rid of it. Jessica Dillon took her kids and left the home.
When Maimone returned to the bedroom, he found Dillon holding another handgun and shooting rounds into the floor, the report said. Maimone pleaded with Dillon to stop trying to kill himself, then took the gun away again, placing it in his vehicle.
Maimone, now joined by friend Donald Pina, walked back into the bedroom and saw Dillon holding a third handgun. Maimone and Pina, who called 911, decided to leave the residence and heard several more gunshots coming from the bedroom.
Deputies arrived and, after failing to contact Dillon by phone, saw him come out of the home carrying handguns with extended magazines. According to the report, Dillon walked toward the deputies and said, “I see you. ... Come and get me,” before walking back into the house.
Authorities said they spoke briefly with Dillon before he broke off talks. Deputies learned he owned many weapons and was a skilled marksman, said Teri Barbera, sheriff’s spokeswoman.
The sheriff’s SWAT team was called in and watched as Dillon walked in and out of the house several times. He fired several more shots inside the house and one at a Ford truck parked in the driveway of the home.
At around 6:40 p.m., Dillon walked out of the home and pointed his gun at Gordon and Swiger. Fearing for his life, police said, Gordon shot Dillon.
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