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TAMPA --
The man accused of shooting a Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy had his bond set at $65,000 Sunday morning.

In a statement released by the Hills. Co. Sheriff's Office, Sheriff David Gee was "outraged" when he learned of the bond amount set for the man deputies say shot one of their own.

Assistant State Attorney Lucia Iler was silent and made no objections as District Judge Cheryl Thomas read off the bond amount for shooting suspect Matthew Buendia.

Thomas set the following bail amount at her discretion:

Attempted Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer with a Firearm: $25,000

Domestic Violence Battery by Strangulation: $15,000

Domestic Violence Battery: $15,000

Tampering with a State Witness: $10,000

Total = $65,000

Buendia's bond amount was initially reported to be set at $50,000, but that amount did not take into account a second battery charge against Buendia. The amount was later corrected to to $65,000 and eventually temporarily revoked following Sheriff's Gee protest to the amount.

In the statement HCSO spokesperson Larry McKinnon says:

Needless to say, Sheriff David Gee was outraged and began the process of having Hillsborough County State's Attorney Office file an appeal of the court's decision.

At approximately 11:30 am, the courts granted Sheriff's Gee's request for a stay and Buendia's bond was revoked for 24 hours. He will return to Preliminary Presentation on Monday morning and the bond issue will be reviewed.

HCSO will reserve any further statements on this matter.

Officials say Buendia ambushed and shot deputy Lyonelle De Veaux three times Friday night.

Buendia has been charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer with a firearm, battery by strangulation, battery and tampering with a state witness.

Buendia, 24, was taken into custody around 4 a.m. Saturday morning after a 4 1/2 hours standoff.

Meanwhile, De Veaux, 35, is recovering at St. Joseph's Hospital with wounds in her shoulder, upper leg and lower leg. A five-year veteran of the sheriff's office, De Veaux spent Saturday talking with family members.

Suspect father's reaction

Bunedia's father, Richard, spoke to Bay News 9 via phone from Texas on Saturday. He said his son is a good boy, who had done three tours of duty in overseas.

Richard says that his son, a sergeant, served three tours of duty in the Middle East. Matthew Buendia left the military a few years ago and had been seeing a Veterans Affaits doctor, according to family members.

Richard Buendia said that his son suffers from post traumatic stress disorder.

"They need to, just like they do with drug users, detox the soldiers when you send them home. Because you send them out there and things like this can happen. Let me just put it this way. They train him for war and they do a good job in the Marines doing that, and in times of need that’s great, but they don’t teach them to come down off of it after they’re out. I don’t think he understands what had happened to be honest with you. I feel awful. I haven’t slept right, worried about the officer, worried about my son. He’s a good young man, never been in any kind of problems at all."