FAIRHOPE, Alabama — A judge set bond at $20,000 Friday for a man accused of using a 20-gauge shotgun with bird shots in it to shoot a teenager in the back as the teen was running away from him.

William Moss, 56, was arrested Thursday on a second-degree assault charge and put in the Baldwin County Corrections Center under no bond. He had a bond hearing Friday morning before Baldwin County District Court Judge Scott Taylor.

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Moss' arrest stems from a shooting that happened on his property in the 9500 block of County Road 11 in the Barnwell community on Tuesday.

Christian Valenti, 19, of Fairhope, suffered 20 to 30 pellet wounds in his back, legs and feet, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said.

"The evidence shows that he was running from away from the location, away from the dwelling," Sheriff's Office Sgt. Daniel Stillman testified.

Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney Michaelyn Gober asked Taylor to set Moss' bond at $100,000. She said Moss is a danger to the community.

"Through the investigation, there has been information that has come to law enforcement that... this is not the first time he has fired a firearm at someone, and unfortunately, this time someone was injured," Gober said.

Gober also cited Moss' prior convictions for DUI and driving while license revoked as others reasons to set Moss' bond at $100,000.

She said the convictions suggest Moss "is going to do what he wants to do and is not going to adhere to what the law says he is supposed to do."

Defense attorney Clark Stankoski asked the judge to set Moss' bond at $15,000. He said the Gober's request was unreasonable.

"The top of the murder range is $75,000," he said. "We are talking about bird shots. When Mr. Moss pulled that shotgun to go down and see who was trespassing on his property, he knew he had bird shot in there."

Stankoski said Moss had been drinking the day of the shooting, but what's important is that Moss was on his own property, and he had a right to investigate what was going on outside his home.

After the hearing, Stankoski said it's too early in the case for him to discuss the allegation that Moss shot Valenti as he was running away.

"You know it's so early in this case that all we have is hearsay on hearsay," he said. "It wouldn't do me any good to comment on that. Just because they are saying it doesn't mean it's true. I'm not saying they are making something up."

In addition to setting Moss' bond, the judge set conditions that Moss must follow if he is able to get out of jail, including not contacting Valenti or his family.

If Moss is able to post bond, he can not possess or be around any guns. Taylor ordered that all guns in Moss' home must be removed before he returns home.

"They can be stored at other family members' homes, but there are not to be any firearms on the property until this matter is otherwise resolved or this order is modified at some later time," Taylor said.

Moss will be under house arrest and will have to wear a GPS monitor if released.

The judge said Moss cannot to drink or be around alcohol. Taylor also said Moss will have to wear an alcohol monitor when he gets out of jail.

The Baldwin County Sheriff's office said it was called to Moss' home after it was reported that he had fired a warning shot at Valenti.

The Sheriff's Office said Valenti had been to a house party where underage drinking had been going on, and he was trying to get away from Fairhope police.

As Valenti was going across Moss' yard, Moss confronted Valenti at gunpoint and hit Valenti in the mouth with the barrel of the shotgun, the Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office said Valenti ran, and Moss fired two rounds from the gun.

"This is a 19 year-old kid who had been drinking at a party and was running from police," Gober said. "He had no intention at all of harming anyone on this property. I understand there may be an argument there from the defense trying to say that this is self-defense, but there is no suggestion whatsoever that Mr. Valenti posed any risk to Mr. Moss."