Teen accused of firing gun while walking down 19th Avenue

Police charged a Columbus teenager Tuesday with firing a gun into the air on 19th Avenue.

Alan Joshua Jenkins, 18, faced one count of reckless conduct and discharging a firearm in the city. He was held in the Muscogee County Jail for a preliminary hearing in Recorder’s Court. He appeared in court on Wednesday but the case was rescheduled until Friday to get the witness to the shooting in court. Bond was set at $3,847 on the two charges.

Officers called at 7:58 p.m. to check on a man with no shirt firing a pistol in the 4900 block of 19th Street found Jenkins and arrested him without incident, they said.

This story was originally published July 25, 2018 at 12:00 AM.