'ARCH' ENEMY: Thomas Sirico poses with a
kill and his hunting bow. He allegedly used a
bow and "razor" arrow to kill Juan Carlos
Muñoz.
Posted on 01/10/2006 3:48:05 AM PST by Pharmboy
'ARCH' ENEMY: Thomas Sirico poses with a
kill and his hunting bow. He allegedly used a
bow and "razor" arrow to kill Juan Carlos
Muñoz.
January 10, 2006 -- A deranged deer hunter who stalked his prey using a powerful compound bow inexplicably fired a razor-tipped arrow into his neighbor's chest, killing the young father of three, Long Island police said yesterday. Juan Carlos Muñoz — a construction worker friends called "Angel" — was smoking a cigarette in front of his pal's Mastic home Sunday evening when shifty sportsman Thomas Sirico allegedly began cursing and screaming across the road.
Irate that one of his roommates decided to move out, Sirico grabbed his $1,200 hunting bow and launched an arrow at the unidentified lodger.
That arrow missed its target — but seconds later, he saw Muñoz standing across the street.
Sirico — who has a prosthetic leg as a result of a motorcycle accident — approached the man, who was chatting with five pals and a 3-year-old girl.
"What are you looking at?" he asked Muñoz, according to Suffolk County Detective Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick. "Are you looking at me? You have a problem?"
Without warning, Sirico drew the weapon and fired his second arrow at Muñoz, cops said.
The aluminum arrow — which was equipped with razor points and could travel in excess of 300 feet per second — hurtled through Muñoz's chest and burst out his back, cops said.
Muñoz managed to pull the arrow through his body as friends and relatives watched in horror, cops said.
"He just yanked the arrow out of himself and said, 'I've been shot. Call 911. Take me to the hospital,' " witness Christopher Rosario recalled.
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Don't forget that some bows (such as mine) also have bayonet lugs and flash hiders on them............
Or at least make safer arrows
He was just cleaning the bow and didn't realize it was loaded?
Funny!
A little twisted, but funny!
Just happened here in Virginia Beach a couple of days ago. Husband allegedly shot wife in the back with a crossbow.
Surely, "Because it's Mastic, LI."
Hahahaha. Don't call me Shirley. ;)
Okay, time to demand all Bow owners be registered and a require mental screening questionaire (a-la- BATF Form 4473), and mandatory licensing. (/sarc)
put them rubber tips back on the arrows.
Shirley = Floyd the Barber Harbor
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Regards, Peter
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