A Birmingham woman is behind bars, accused in the fatal shooting of a man in northeast Jefferson County last year.

Daysha Nicole Bennett, 35, is charged with murder in the slaying of 51-year-old Anthony Dewain Word.

Bennett was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Monday afternoon and remains held without bond.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just before 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, to a report of shots fired and a person down in the 5700 block of Dewey Heights Road.

They arrived to find Word unresponsive in the driveway of an abandoned house. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 3:12 p.m.

Lt. Joni Money said at the time that witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots in the area. Law enforcement radio communicates indicated as many as 20 shots were fired.

Money said Bennett and Word were acquaintances. A motive has not been disclosed.