The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman this past week must turn in his weapons and avoid contact with him, a judge ruled Saturday.

Matthew Apperson, 35, of Winter Springs, Florida, was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied conveyance.

Matthew Apperson, 35 of Winter Springs makes a first appearance in Seminole County court at the John E Polk correctional facility in Sanford, Fla., on Saturday. Apperson was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied conveyance stemming from an incident involving George Zimmerman earlier in the week. Orlando Sentinel/The Associated Press

“I don’t care whether you’ve been shopping at Publix for two hours and have a full cart of groceries, or whatever. You see Mr. Zimmerman walking through that door, you’re the one who has to leave,” Circuit Judge Michael Rudisill told Apperson in his first court appearance.

Typically, people arrested are ordered to stay away from specific places where the people they are accused of attacking live or work. But in this case, Zimmerman did not want his whereabouts made public, Rudisill said.

“I don’t know where he’s going to be, I can’t tell you where not to be,” Rudisill told Apperson.

But if Apperson happens to see Zimmerman, he is not allowed to interact with him, Rudisill said.

“I understand,” Apperson said.

Along with forcing Apperson to hand over all of his weapons to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office within 24 hours of his release from jail, the judge also set Apperson’s bond at $35,000.

His next court appearance is scheduled for June 23.

Both Zimmerman and Apperson say the other was the aggressor while both were driving down West Lake Mary Boulevard.

Apperson fired a shot through the passenger’s side of Zimmerman’s truck, according to police.

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