A 44-year-old local man is facing several felony charges after authorities say he shot an assault style rifle at emergency responders during a seven-hour standoff at his Butte County home on Thursday.

Joshua Michael Flory, of Butte County, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of trafficking in methamphetamine, all felonies, as well as three felony enhancements for using a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony crime, authorities said.

No one was injured during the incident, which ended with Flory surrendering and sheriff’s deputies finding numerous firearms, meth and materials to make explosives inside his residence.

The incident began to unfold around 8:30 a.m. Thursday when an ambulance and Butte County Sheriff’s Office deputy were reportedly dispatched to Flory’s home at 2895 N. 3375 W. in Moore, which is located north of Arco in Butte County.

The sheriff’s deputy was dispatched due to there being numerous previous calls to the same address regarding Flory, who had been acting “extremely paranoid and is known to possess many firearms,” authorities said.

Upon arrival, the sheriff’s deputy made contact with Flory’s mother outside of the residence and as he began to ask her questions he was advised that an emergency medical technician had arrived in his personal vehicle and was already inside the home, according to police records the Idaho State Journal obtained.

As the deputy spoke to Flory’s mother and another female witness, he heard a single gunshot followed by several more in rapid succession, authorities said.

“I could see the glass breaking from the window as bullets passed through it over the head of (the mother and female witness) and I,” the deputy wrote in his report. “I also observed fragments and debris from the walls as shots passed through them lower than the window.”

The deputy did not return fire as he was unsure if the emergency medical technician had been able to exit the residence safely, but the deputy did work to move the two women to safety, authorities said.

The EMT later told the deputy that he entered the Flory residence with Flory’s father and that when he approached Flory and was about three feet away from him, Flory said that he knew who the EMT was but “wanted to know who the man behind the wall was,” said authorities.

It was unclear who Flory was referring to.

Flory then revealed a black assault style rifle from underneath his person and pointed it at the EMT, the police report said. The EMT said that he heard a round fired from the gun and that it passed only a few inches from his head before it impacted an interior wall of the home as he fled from the residence, authorities said.

“There were then multiple other shots fired,” the police report said. “Over the course of the next several hours Flory continued to fire rounds indiscriminately out of the residence in all directions.”

Both the deputy who initially responded and another deputy took cover about 150 yards from the Flory residence during the incident and both heard at least one shot fly past their heads, the police report said. One round passed so close to one of the deputies that she removed her hat to see if it had been struck, authorities said.

Multiple local SWAT teams were dispatched to the scene, with many of the SWAT officers traveling from as far away as Pocatello, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls and Soda Springs to respond. The Idaho Falls bomb squad also responded.

Around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Flory finally surrendered to law enforcement without further incident, authorities said.

Deputies obtained a warrant to search the Flory residence, ultimately recovering multiple firearms, numerous items of body armor, components used for the manufacture of explosive devices and thousands of rounds of ammunition, the police report said. Deputies also seized 42.84 grams of methamphetamine during the search of the home.

Flory was subsequently arrested, charged and booked into a local jail.

He appeared in front of 7th District Magistrate Judge Neal Randall for an arraignment hearing on Friday. His bond amount was not available.

Flory is due back in court on June 14 for a preliminary hearing that will involve local prosecutors attempting to prove there is enough evidence against him to elevate the case from the magistrate to district court level for trial.

The felony meth trafficking charge Flory faces carries a maximum penalty of up to life in prison if he is convicted.

If convicted of the three aggravated assault charges, Flory faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000.

If convicted of the three felony enhancements he faces, any prison sentence levied against Flory could be extended by up to 45 years.