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Tim 'The Snake' Scheighfield Jr.
Christina El Moussa
"Flip or Flop" star Christina El Moussa had an available crying shoulder when hubby Tarek took off with a gun ... a man who not only witnessed the incident but later ended up dating Christina.
The guy is Tim 'The Snake' Scheighfield Jr. ... who was on scene back in May when 11 deputies responded to "a call of a possibly suicidal male with a gun."
According to law enforcement ... Tim's the witness who told deputies he saw Tarek run out of his back door and onto a hiking trail. Tim claimed Christina -- who was shaking and crying -- told him Tarek had taken a gun.
Tim is a professional dart player who's known for his skill at throwing darts and also his body art aka tattoos who, according to our sources, has known the El Moussas for awhile -- although he was at the neighbor's house practicing for a tournament the day Tarek bolted ... according to cops.
We're told a few months after the incident his friendship with Christina turned romantic.
Tarek won’t be jealous of Tim.
“We have both dated other people following the separation,” Christina and Tarek said in the statement that confirmed their split. While they work out how to co-parent their two children (Taylor, 6, and Brayden, 1) while running their business, it seems the last thing Christina and Tarek are concerned with is whom the other is dating.
As reported ... production will continue as scheduled ... for now.
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