ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County judge set bond at $50,000 for a man accused of trying to kill his teenage stepdaughter's boyfriend after catching them having sex in his Apopka home. The boyfriend, Julian Harp, was shot four times.

Harp recovered, but was not at Thursday’s bond hearing. His family told the judge he's afraid of Wade Edwards.

“He was too afraid to come to court today?” WFTV reporter Kathi Belich asked.

“Yes,” a family member replied.

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Wade Edwards' family is trying to get him out of jail by posting his bond. But he has to be set up with a GPS monitor first.

Orange County Circuit Judge Tim Shea ruled Thursday that 41-year-old Wade Edwards is not a threat to the community and the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident involving his stepdaughter's boyfriend. Therefore, his bond was set at $50,000. Edwards must take all weapons out of his house and have no contact with his 16-year-old daughter's 18-year-old boyfriend Julian Harp.

“The court's going to set bond on this matter,” Judge Shea said.

Edwards promised to hand all of his weapons over to his lawyer. The gun he's admitted to firing at his daughter's boyfriend is being held as evidence.

After Edwards shot Harp four times, he called 911. During the call (911 call) , Harp, as he lay bleeding, is heard trying to make peace with Edwards.

“I love you bro, I love you bro,” Harp says during the 911 call.

But also during the 911 call Edwards told the operator he was frightened by Harp.

“I feared for my life. I didn't know what to do,” Edwards tells the operator.

Eyewitness News learned that the victim, Julian Harp, has a violent criminal history. He's been arrested more than once for violent crimes involving guns.

Edwards' daughter was told she was not to see Harp after Edwards found letters that Harp had written to her from jail before the shooting.

Edwards' defense attorney told the judge that whatever prosecutors decide to charge Edwards with, his defense will focus on the Castle Doctrine, which gives homeowners the right not to retreat from danger inside their own home. The defense says Edwards thought Harp was charging toward him as he ran down the steps after being caught in bed with Edwards' stepdaughter.

“The daughter has indicated additional facts that law enforcement was not aware of and in light of those additional facts, I think the analysis changes significantly,” Defense Attorney Peter Zies said.

The new information the daughter has given to prosecutors was not revealed to Eyewitness News.

Edwards is under arrest for second-degree murder, but prosecutors are still trying to decide what charges to file against him. They are taking into consideration what he had seen and that he was protecting himself and his 16-year-old daughter the night of the incident.