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Montville Police charged four men Wednesday afternoon in connection with a drive-by pellet gun shooting in the Quaker Hill section of Waterford.

According to a news release from the Waterford Police Department, a resident of Lathrop Road in Waterford reported shots fired at the home where they live. While officers were on their way to the home, they were informed that the suspects were in a dark four-door sedan and that Montville Police had been pursuing the vehicle on Pink Row in Montville.

After talking to the victim, officers determined that the four men stopped by Montville police were involved in the incident and were taken into custody, according to the release.

Samuel Ransom, 26, of 86 Buddington Road No. 5, Groton; David Wright, 21, of 9 Pequot Road No. 5, Groton, and Owen Pagan, 20, of 69 Lathrop Road, Uncasville, were each charged with having a weapon in a motor vehicle.

Isaiah McKittrick, 20, of 177 Maple Ave., Uncasville, was charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm, second-degree reckless endangerment, having a weapon in a motor vehicle and third-degree criminal mischief.

Ransom, Pagan and McKittrick were released on $10,000 nonsurety bonds. Wright was also wanted on a warrant for violation of probation and was held on a $50,000 bond at Waterford Police Department.

Police said there was property damage but there were no injuries.