WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- An attempted break-in in a Winston-Salem neighborhood ended with one person shot and in the hospital.
Neighbors tell WFMY News 2 this kind of situation happens more often than they would like.
Winston-Salem police say just after three this morning,a group of people was trying to break into a car.
A man yelled at them and when the suspects tried to run one of them was shot in the back.
"I would hate for someone's life to get cut short because of a stupid mistake they made at a young age," said Stephon Gatewood.
Gatewood lives a few houses down from the commotion.
He woke up this morning when police knocked on his door and tried to get more information about what happened.
Gatewood says break-ins happens all too often.
So often in fact, he tries to limit his losses.
Make sure I don't have anything valuable in there and leave them unlocked. I would rather someone just go in there and look around rather than just break my windows and not get anything at all," said Gatewood.
Gatewood would like to see more of a neighborhood watch to deter the break-ins.
As for the break-in suspect who was shot, police haven't said who shot him, but several shell casings were found nearby.
He was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
Police haven't filed any charges yet.