A fire-damaged home on Pleasant Ridge Road and reported gunfire after a man returned to the property led to charges against Joshua Byrd, according to Hoodline. The outlet reported that deputies were called Thursday, September 24, to the 9100 block of Pleasant Ridge Road, after fires had damaged the property the previous day. It identified Byrd as 44.
Hoodline reported that Byrd was charged with reckless burning, vandalism, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. These are reported charges, not findings of guilt. The verified material available for this account contains no court-record information establishing the case’s procedural status or the specific allegations underlying each charge.
A separate county case offers limited context
A separate Shelby County case occurred near the 100 block of Nelson Circle, not at the Pleasant Ridge Road property. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reported that an altercation in unincorporated Shelby County near Montevallo escalated to gunfire on November 25, 2019, leaving one man dead. The office said Derious Derann Garner was charged with murder and attempted murder. That fatal case is distinct from the Pleasant Ridge Road allegations and is not evidence of a broader trend.
The Alabama Legislature defines reckless endangerment as recklessly engaging in conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another individual, according to its statutory text. That definition provides legal context, but does not establish what occurred in Byrd’s case; the available material does not resolve the allegations.
