I can just see a cat eyeballing an arrow as it falls.
Seriously. I doubt someone shot this cat on purpose
The State police don't seem to think so...
"State police continue to look for the person who shot the cat. Troopers are conducting interviews with stores that may have sold the arrow."
Crossbow bolts (or even regular arrows) don't come cheap, and the archers I know (including myself) make all due effort to recover them. Certainly it's possible the cat could have taken an arrow accidentally just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, although with the limited info in the article, it appears to me more likely than not that it was shot intentionally.