Maybe this goof wanted a crossbow with no transaction records. Anything could’ve happened if he got away cleanly.
I still remember a policeman who murdered a woman with a crossbow. Back in the 1982s. Tulsa OK.
https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2021004/2-tulsans-indicted-in-crossbow-killing
https://www.oklahoman.com/article/1978000/tulsa-police-arrest-suspect-in-womans-crossbow-death
I used to have an old French book in which there was an illustration of a man walking down a 1400s French town.
The windows across the street flew open and about 4-6 crossbowmen release a barrage of arrows at the man with several hitting him.
Above his head a window flies open and a spear man is stabbing down.
They must have really hated that guy. Lost the book. Wish I had it for that illustration.