A Michigan homeowner armed with a crossbow fired an arrow at a suspected intruder, successfully stopping a riot early Tuesday morning.
Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 4500 block of Huron Avenue in Frenchtown Township just after 12:30 a.m. for a report of a home invasion in progress. WLNS-TV reported. The municipality is located approximately 30 minutes southwest of Detroit.
“Well, I definitely understood that he would never do that again.”
According to the department, authorities were notified and it was discovered that two people had broken into a home occupied by two residents.
According to WLNS, one of the residents shot one of the intruders with an arrow, after which the other intruder fled.
The intruder, a 32-year-old man, was taken to hospital for surgery after the arrow was removed, police said, adding that he remains in police custody until he recovers.
Police arrested the other intruder, a 41-year-old man, shortly after the incident and was being held at the Monroe County Jail, WLNS reported.
Police will not release the identities of the men until they are arrested, the department said.
The sheriff's office said the incident was not a random act and appears to have stemmed from a prior altercation between the parties, according to WLNS.
What is the reaction of observers?
Commenters on the department's Facebook post about the incident seemed satisfied with the outcome.
- One commenter said: “Good!!! Please stop breaking the law.” I wrote.
- “He'll do it. Please finish it,” said another user. declared.
- “I feel like someone did a F'd A and got caught…” said another commenter noticed.
Another group of commenters on WXYZ's Facebook post about the incident expressed similar sentiments.
- “FAFO, the moment you crossed the threshold you decided that someone else's property was more valuable than your own life,” one commenter said. said.
- “I love happy endings,” said another user I wrote.
- “Well he definitely got the point of never doing that again,” another commenter said. made a joke.
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