DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police are searching for three people after a man was shot when he confronted someone trying to steal his wife’s car.

Police were called to Demetris Restaurant on Covington Hwy. just after 6:30 a.m. for reports of someone being shot.

Police say they found a 54-year-old man who had been shot in the chest.

Investigators say he saw three men breaking into a car in the parking lot. When he confronted them, shots were fired and he was hit. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A customer who knows the owner well said that the victim is the owner’s wife and he saw someone breaking into her orange Corvette that was parked in front of the restaurant.

“This place has been open for years and years. I hate to come over here and see this, that this happened to her and her husband. I hope he recovers,” customer Louise Stoveall said.

Police have not released any details on the three suspects.