It all happened in Ogontz on Tuesday on the 5900 block of North 20th Street.
Nijah Bullock said her 8-year-old daughter, Phage, was playing in the shared backyard when the neighbor suddenly grabbed her and pulled her inside his home.
"When she got closer to the door, he snatched her, grabbed her, pulled her in, shut the door and locked it," Bullock said. "All the other kids ran up and told me."
Bullock said her daughter fought to escape. As Bullock approached the home armed with mace, she confronted the man, who then began shooting.
"About a minute into me spraying the mace the gunshots went off," she said.
Man arrested after reports of abduction lead to barricade
Police responded to the scene, where the man had barricaded himself inside the home with his young son.
"They're knocking and knocking at the door and he's not answering the door," Bullock said.
No one was injured in the incident. The suspect was taken into custody.
Bullock said she would do it all again for her daughter.
"No matter what, I will do anything I have to do, before I let anything happen to her or her sisters," she said. "Whatever comes my way, about the three that I birthed, I'm willing to take it all."