After a shooting on the East End of Charleston neighbors were left alarmed and confused.

East End resident Rob Erwin says shootings are,"not normal in this area."

"It's a wonderful neighborhood I would not live anywhere else," praises Sunya Anderson.

Around 7:30 Thursday evening police rushed to the house on 1423 Quarrier Street East after getting a call about a shooting. When they arrived they found a woman shot one time in the back. She was immediately rushed to the hospital and neighbors say officers eventually emerged from the house with a man claiming to be the woman's husband.

Rob Erwin says," I saw him, the quote un quote husband and he didn't look like somebody who had committed a crime. We saw them put the guy in the back of the van and he said, "if you shot my wife you're a dead man."

Police took the man in for questioning and continued to search the home. At one point 10 cruisers lined the street. Several neighbors we spoke with say they never saw any violence coming from the home.

Sunya Anderson is frustrated when people stereotype the East End.and says,"it always bothers me when people say "oh the east end, you know, crime." which is not true at all."

Patience Deweese lives directly across the street and says she's never felt nervous being outdoors in the evenings."I sit outside my house in the middle of the night and no problem people are out walking their dog at 9 and 10 o'clock at night."

Still neighbors say it's frightening when a crime like this happens so close to home. "It never ceases to amaze me how readily available handguns are, " says Sunya.

Police are now looking for 2002-2004 white 2-door Grand Am with two, possibly five men.