Federal judge shoots and kills himself after holding a 13-year-old girl and her parents hostage in their home in 10-hour SWAT team standoff
Timothy Maher, 51, killed himself early on Friday in a home outside of Miami
Suicide ended a 10-hour hostage standoff where he held a girl and her parents
It's not clear how or whether Maher knew the family that he terrorized
Followed recent charges for threatening his own child and ex with a gun
Police had twice coaxed Maher from being locked in his home in the past week
Maher was a federal administrative judge who reviewed Social Security claims
A federal judge has shot and killed himself after holding terrified family members at gunpoint in a 10-hour standoff with police SWAT teams.
Timothy Maher, 51, ended the standoff with a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 8.20am on Friday morning in a home outside of Miami, allowing the 13-year-old girl and her parents to escape uninjured.
Maher, a federal administrative judge with 10 years on the bench, had spiraled out of control in recent days, drawing an arrest and multiple police contacts over a dispute with the estranged mother of his four-year-old son.
Police said Maher was related to the hostages, but it is unclear how. Neighbors said that the homeowner may have been the judge's brother-in-law.
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