MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A North Memphis woman is speaking out, encouraging others to follow in her footsteps after she said a prank went from harmless to aggressive to threatening.

However, instead of the situation escalating to violence or police intervention, it was a peaceful conversation that turned this situation around.

Captured on a doorbell camera Sunday night, young people playing pranks on a home off University Street behind Rhodes College.

But with this not being the first time, what may have started as a prank started to feel more like a threat.

“I said these kids are out here kicking on doors, ringing doorbells and I said I don’t want them to be hurt,” Schyler Eddy said. “This is my reasoning for calling.”

Eddy said her goal when calling the police was to prevent the situation from escalating to something more violent.

Just last month, WREG reported around 16 shootings involving young people this year.

According to Memphis Police’s data hub, within the last year, there were more than 250 incidents within a quarter-mile radius of Eddy’s home.

Many of the incidents involved assault, burglary, theft, and more.

Eddy told WREG that she was able to contact the mother of one of the boys seen on her doorbell camera through her daughter’s social media.

She said the next time the young man knocked on her door, his mother was with him.

“She said, ‘Well, he’s going to be on punishment and you gone come whether she need her grass cut or help her clean her house,” Eddy said.

Eddy said the young boy did apologize and his mother took responsibility.

It’s a conversation, Eddy said she hopes others hear.

“You can’t be out here doing this, I said, ‘Because I don’t want to see you end up in a body bag. I don’t want that for you,” Eddy said. “I said, ‘Because I see greatness in you.”

With the issues resolved, Eddy challenges others in her community to try to find a peaceful resolution when they can.

She said it takes a village to raise children.

“We’re trying to do something positive to stop this, it can be a million kids in my yard. That’s fine as long as I can make an impression on them, that there is a better way,” Eddy said.