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'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....

MONTCLAIR, Calif. (AP) -- In a confrontation reminiscent of the Wild West, police shot and wounded a man who allegedly took over a freight train with a bow and arrow. Juventino Vallejo-Camerena boarded the Union Pacific train Sunday night as it was stopped for a signal and threatened the engineer and conductor, the only people on board, police Capt. Keith Jones said. The crew members escaped and disabled the train by turning off fuel switches, then used a cell phone to call police, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.

The Supreme Court in Victoria has heard an argument over religion was behind the fatal bow and arrow shooting of a man in Seddon last year. Amer Alihromic, 26, was shot with an arrow at close range in the backyard of a Seddon boarding house in January last year. Peter Rattya, 41, has pleaded not guilty to his murder. The Supreme Court heard the two men had been fighting about religion when Rattya went to his room and got a bow and arrow. A witness told the court Mr Alihromic pleaded for his life, before Rattya fired the arrow. The...

SOQUEL, Calif. - A prized bull died after being shot in the neck with a metal arrow in an unsolved late-night attack, according to the bull's owner. Norm Bei, who owns a Santa Cruz real estate firm, said he's offering a $5,000 reward for the arrest and prosecution of the person who used a bow and arrow to kill the Watusi bull. Known as the "cattle of kings," Ankole-Watusi bulls first appeared about 6,000 years ago and were considered sacred by some African tribes, according to the Ankole Watusi International Registry. Bei said his bull, which he bought a decade...

Jury selection was to begin Monday for the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a neighborhood visitor through the chest with a razor-tipped deer hunting arrow. Thomas Sirico, 35, fired the 3-foot arrow at Juan Carlos Munoz, a 27-year-old father of three boys, during a brief argument in January, Suffolk County prosecutors said. Before aiming his powerful $1,200 compound bow, Sirico yelled at Munoz from across the street, "Do you want trouble?" witnesses told police. Munoz, who was visiting friends in Sirico's Mastic neighborhood, pulled out the aluminum arrow, which was sticking through his back, before stumbling around...

Armed with a bow and arrow, he's arrested after seizing a freight engine in Montclair, police say. A man armed with a bow and arrow who commandeered a Union Pacific freight train stopped in Montclair on Sunday night was shot and wounded by police, authorities said.Juventino Vallejo-Camerena, 43, of Pomona climbed onto one of the train's two locomotives about 10:45 p.m. and threatened the two crew members with a bow and arrow, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said. The engineer and conductor fled the train, which was stopped at a signal, and cut off fuel to the engine with an...

MONTCLAIR – In a scene more reminiscent of the Wild West than modern railways, police shot and wounded a man who allegedly took over a freight train with a bow and arrow. Juventino Vallejo-Camerena boarded the Union Pacific train at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday as it was stopped for a signal and threatened the engineer and conductor, the only people on board, police Capt. Keith Jones said. The crew members escaped and called police, Jones said. The man was aboard the train when officers arrived at the scene in western San Bernardino County. The man cocked the bow and pointed...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A man with 20 years of experience hunting deer was convicted Tuesday of murder for firing an aluminum arrow into the heart of a stranger after a random argument on a Long Island street. The jury needed only a few hours over two days of deliberations to convict veteran hunter Thomas Sirico, 35, of second-degree murder in the Jan. 8, 2006, death of Juan Carlos "Angel" Munoz. The 27-year-old father of three died following the brief but brutal encounter in a suburban neighborhood of Mastic. Sirico faces 25 years to life in prison for the bow-and-arrow slaying...