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Orange County man in critical condition after 4 deputies shoot him

APOPKA, Fla. — Four Orange County deputies shot a man in Apopka Wednesday morning after the 49-year-old exited his home and pointed a gun at them, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said.

Mina said Eric Schmidt ignored the deputies' commands to drop his weapon around 4 a.m. He said Schmidt was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition.

"We're going to review body-worn camera video and get testimony from our deputies, but that's our understanding -- that he came out with a gun and pointed it at our deputies," Mina said.

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A neighbor told Channel 9 he heard between eight and 10 gunshots.

Mina said deputies had twice responded to Schmidt’s home in the Sweetwater Country Club in Apopka in March after complaints of loud music.

Deputies said they were again responding to a disturbance call Wednesday morning after someone reported someone was drinking and playing loud music.

Since 2014, records have logged 16 calls for service to the home on Majestic Oak Drive.

Mina said there was also a woman in the home at the time of the shooting. She was not injured.

Records said Schmidt had previously threatened law enforcement officers.

Deputies' computer system marked the address as a hazard with a note saying Schmidt told a neighbor he would shoot an officer if they came onto his property, a report said.

Records said the alert also said it was unknown if Schmidt owned a gun, but that he and his live-in girlfriend were often intoxicated and hostile to law enforcement.

The report said when deputies were close enough to see through the glass front door, they could tell Schmidt had a gun in his hand.

Schmidt was shot in the abdomen, the chest, the leg, the ankle and the hand.

Investigators said Schmidt never fired his gun, which had 15 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber.

Mina said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.

The following charges are pending against Schmidt: four counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.

No deputies were injured.

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