A confrontation between neighbors in the Axis community ended with a gunshot wound and a self-reported call to 911, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say the incident unfolded at a home on North Forest Drive after a resident, Michael Glenn, heard noise outside his house and discovered his neighbor, 54-year-old Darrell Ellison, in his backyard. According to a sheriff’s office spokesman, when Glenn went outside and told Ellison to leave the property, Ellison instead advanced toward him while mumbling incoherently.
Despite repeated requests for Ellison to stop approaching, deputies say he continued moving toward Glenn, at which point Glenn fired a shot that struck Ellison in the right arm. Rather than fleeing the scene, Glenn immediately contacted emergency dispatchers to report what had happened, according to the sheriff’s office account of the incident.
When deputies arrived to check on Ellison, they reportedly found him back inside his own home, running bath water and continuing to speak in a way that did not make sense to responding officers. He was subsequently taken to a local hospital for treatment of his gunshot wound.
The sheriff’s office said no arrests were made following the shooting, and the case has instead been forwarded to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office for review, a common step in self-defense or use-of-force shootings where investigators want prosecutors to weigh in before deciding whether charges are warranted.
Records reviewed in connection with the case show that Ellison has an extensive criminal history in Mobile County, including prior charges for marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication, first-degree robbery and driving under the influence. Glenn, by contrast, has no criminal record on file, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Axis area, located in the northern part of Mobile County, has occasionally seen similar neighbor disputes escalate, and cases like this one typically hinge on whether investigators and prosecutors determine that the shooter reasonably believed he faced a threat of serious harm before using deadly force.