THOMASTON – The man who threatened to shoot himself Saturday may draw a civil charge of creating a police standoff, Police Chief Kevin Haj said Monday.

A state police negotiator and tactical team spent five hours that day trying to convince Travis Bishop, 25, to give up his weapon. Bishop was distraught over his girlfriend ending their relationship.

The unidentified girlfriend, their 3-year-old daughter, and a couple, who were their friends, left the apartment after the male friend alerted police that Bishop was holding a rifle to his head inside the apartment.

The standoff ended at 6:15 p.m. with no one injured except Bishop, who suffered a bloody nose.

On Monday, Haj had not yet spoken with District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau about possible charges, he said, adding Bishop could receive a civil violation of creating a police standoff.

Haj believed Bishop remains hospitalized at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport for medical evaluation. A hospital spokeswoman Monday could not provide information about Bishop.

According to Haj, the civil violation could carry a requirement for restitution.

The standoff not only drew state, county and local law enforcement resources and fire and ambulance personnel, the incident caused the evacuation and closing of numerous downtown businesses and the temporary displacement apartment dwellers, who also were made to leave.

“I went around today thanking [business] owners,” Haj said.