A Utah County man who picked up a gun and charged at deputies this week had health problems and was being divorced, his father said.

Todd B. Hainsworth, 50, was not trying to hurt the deputies; he wanted them to kill him, his father said.

"I harbor no animosity toward them," said Brad E. Hainsworth. "I think they were doing what they were trained to do."

On Tuesday, Todd Hainsworth called a police dispatcher and said that he had taken 60 pills and was suicidal, according to Utah County sheriff's Lt. Darren Gilbert. Several gunshots were then heard over the phone line, but then it went dead.

When deputies located him near Lincoln Beach on the south side of Utah Lake, Todd Hainsworth rammed one of the deputies' cars and drove away, Gilbert said. The deputies pursued his vehicle for about two miles before Todd Hainsworth stopped, got out of car with a handgun and began threatening them, Gilbert said.