Unhinged NYC man busted for taking pictures neighbor with crossbow

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An unhinged man shot his neighbor with a crossbow in Brooklyn early Wednesday, cops stated.

Joseph English, 64, allegedly marched as much as the sufferer at midnight round 4:40 a.m. exterior their constructing on Hanson Place in Fort Greene and threatened him, police and sources stated.

“I’m going to shoot you,” English coolly warned earlier than firing an arrow on the 54-year-old man, in accordance with the police sources.


The taking pictures occurred exterior this Fort Greene house constructing the place each the suspect and the sufferer lived, cops stated. Google Maps

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Each males advised cops they dwell at 67 Hanson Place however they didn’t know one another previous to the taking pictures, in accordance with police. Google Maps

The sufferer was hit within the left hip.

He was handled on the scene for minor accidents, a police spokesperson stated.

English — whom sources described as “emotionally disturbed” — was charged with assault, prison possession of a weapon and menacing after the grisly incident.

Cops described the 2 males as “strangers” to at least one one other though they lived in the identical constructing.

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