A New York man was arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting his 3-week-old infant daughter with a crossbow Monday morning, according to the Broome County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a home in Colesville at around 5:14 a.m. following reports that an infant and a woman had been shot with a crossbow.
According to a preliminary investigation, Patrick D. Proefriedt, 26, had allegedly gotten into an argument with his wife and fired a bolt at her while she was holding their 3-week-old daughter, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
The broadhead bolt hit the baby in the upper torso and exited near her armpit before hitting her mother in the chest.
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