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<p>KINGSTON &#8212; Three hours after a shooting incident on Grove Street that left a woman injured from a gunshot wound to the back, police on the West Side and state police reportedly have taken four men into custody in connection with the break-in and shooting Tuesday afternoon.</p><p>The four men were taken into custody from the Hilltop Apartment Complex in Edwardsville. No further details were available.</p><p>A law enforcement source said the unidentified shooting victim in Kingston was alive and transported to a hospital. Her name was not released. The source said she sustained a gunshot wound to the back.</p><p>The shooting took place inside 293 Grove St. at about 2 p.m. At about 4:30 p.m. officers from Forty Fort escorted a man from the house and transported him from the scene.</p><p>Grove street residents lined their porches in the heavily residential neighborhood as the investigation continued behind the cordoned off house where the incident occurred. State police and Forty Fort police were on site to aid Kingston police in the investigation and subsequent manhunt.</p><p>At around 2 p.m. a Grove Street resident said he was sitting on his porch and saw two men walking down the street and walk onto the porch at 293 Grove St.</p><p>Seconds later, the resident said he heard a &#8220;pop&#8221; and saw two men running up the hill toward a cemetery.</p><p>Neighbor Jaime Muckey said she was home during the incident but did not hear anything, and she saw one person exit the house on a stretcher.</p><p>Muckey said she has seen increased activity on the corner of the street recently. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been here for five years, and it was a quiet neighborhood, and the past three years it&#8217;s gotten really bad,&#8221; Muckey said.</p><p>Another neighbor, Veronica Sherman, said she heard three &#8220;bangs&#8221; and looked outside to see one man fleeing the house at 293 Grove St.</p><p>Sherman described the couple who lived at the residence as a nice young couple and explained that the incident was surprising to her and seemed random.</p><p>During the manhunt, heavily armed officers throughout the West Side had been canvassing Kingston, Pringle &#8212; including St. Ignatius and St. Marys Annunciation Church cemeteries &#8212; and Edwardsville.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A victim is removed from the scene of a shooting on Grove Street in Kingston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting24.jpg</photo0><caption0>A victim is removed from the scene of a shooting on Grove Street in Kingston. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting34.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Police investigate after a shooting on Grove Street in Kingston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting34.jpg</photo1><caption1>Police investigate after a shooting on Grove Street in Kingston. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting44.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Police tape off an area in front of 293 Grove St. after a shooting. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting44.jpg</photo2><caption2>Police tape off an area in front of 293 Grove St. after a shooting. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting14.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A victim is removed from the scene of a shooting on Grove Street in Kingston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_TTL092315KingstonShooting14.jpg</photo3><caption3>A victim is removed from the scene of a shooting on Grove Street in Kingston. </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com and Matt Mattei</p><p>mmattei@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewisReach Matt Mattei at 570-991-6651</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Four men in custody after woman shot in Kingston home invasion