A woman charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Bessemer has been granted bond.

Annie Sillimon, 50, is charged in the July 11 slaying of 56-year-old Vincent Edwin Pritchard.

Sillimon went before Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff District Judge Thomas Thrash Thursday for an Aniah’s Law bond hearing and a preliminary hearing.

When it was over, Thrash set a $60,000 bond for Sillimon but also moved the case forward to a grand jury for indictment consideration.

Pritchard was shot at 10:58 p.m. that Friday in the 2400 block of Sixth Avenue North in Bessemer. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:08 p.m.

Sillimon’s attorney, John Lentine, said the judge heard testimony Thursday that Sillimon fatally shot Pritchard after Pritchard had assaulted her in her home.

“The judge bound the case over for a grand jury consideration,” Lentine said, “but found the state failed to provide clear and convincing evidence she was either a threat to the community or risk of flight given in part her lack of any criminal history and the facts surrounding the charge.”

Sillimon remained in jail Friday, but Lentine said he expects her to be bonded out soon “so she could return home to her family.”