WARREN — About 20 gunshots rang out early Saturday on Williamsburg Street. Neighbors said Monday that it sounded like a war zone.

Pastor Paul Ringold of Shalom Church of God in Christ, a resident and father of two, said he fears what has become of his neighborhood in the past few years.

“We were in the process of moving before COVID, but our Realtor told us to wait,” Ringold said. “I think now we’re at the point where we’re ready to just leave.”

Neighbors on Monday pointed out bullet holes in homes and several cars from the shooting about 4:22 a.m. Saturday.

According to the police report, the victim whose home suffered most of the attack told officers she was walking inside her residence after leaving a bar when gunshots peppered her home and vehicle. She ran into the house to escape the gunfire while her friend remained in the vehicle that was hit with bullets, the police report states.

No injuries were reported.

Neighbors reported seeing a silver SUV parked at the end of Commerce Street where several men got out and approached the home before opening fire. Witnesses then say they saw the men run back to the car and speed off down Williamsburg street, according to the report.

Several neighbors, many of whom have kids, said they feel unsafe.

“I’m upset about it because now I have to be worried about my kids playing outside,” said one of the neighbors, a mother of three children. She said when the shooting started, her husband rushed to her daughters’ bedroom to protect them.

She and her husband’s car was hit by a bullet.

Several other neighbors who wished not to be named also expressed a desire to leave over violence they say has increased over the years.

About a month ago, one neighborhood man said a stray bullet landed in his shower, a room or two over from where his sons sleep. This most recent shooting only adds to his desire to leave a neighborhood he’s lived in since 2005, he said.

Ringold said he believes part of the problem with the increase in violence has been partially due to some of the tenants being attracted to the area by rental homes.

“These houses owned by outside real estate firms buy up houses to rent them out and have no connection to the neighborhood,” Ringold said.

As a result, Ringold said, it has attracted people to the neighborhood that he speculates brought crime along with them.

“Neighbors deserve peace of mind,” he said.

A police report states that no shell casings were recovered, but neighbors claim they scooped up close to 15 casings after Warren police left the scene.

Councilwoman Cheryl Saffold, D-6th Ward, said she was alarmed by the shooting.

“It hits closer to home for me because I have family that live in the area.”

No arrests have been made.