Overview
- Deputies say the shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 at a home on Colonial Court in unincorporated Sanford.
- According to the arrest report, Shaun Paul Simon confronted Bill Toth after learning Toth had slapped his wife that evening.
- Simon confessed to retrieving a concealed handgun and firing one round into Toth’s chest, and Toth died at a hospital early Feb. 4.
- Family members told deputies that months of strain tied to reported dementia-like behavior and suspected infidelity had unsettled the household.
- The court allowed Simon to have contact with his wife but barred contact with his mother-in-law while the case proceeds.