BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham police have arrested a woman accused of firing a gun near a local middle school earlier this week.

Cassandra Abrams, 36, faces charges of certain persons forbidden to possess firearms and reckless endangerment, according to Birmingham Police Department spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams Jr.

Williams said Abrams also had marijuana and a controlled substance and will face charges for those.

Abrams is accused of firing into the ground during a fight between several students Monday outside Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School. The father of two of the other students involved in the fight told WBRC Fox-6 that she pointed the gun at him before she fired into the ground. He also said Abrams's daughter was involved in the fight and had attacked his daughter two weeks before.