The owner of a New Jersey pet store where a $7,000 parrot was swiped last month was randomly shot in the face with a crossbow on Monday evening.
Unfortunate entrepreneur Katarina Lukavishnikova was attacked at her shop just before 6pm. According to NBC New York.
When officers answered a 911 call about a seriously injured woman, they discovered Lukavishnikova had a crossbow arrow in her face, the outlet said.
The suspect, 53-year-old Raymond Carey, later fled.
But officers – with the help of the FBI and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, he defeated him at Pine Beach, a small Jersey Shoretown near the Toms River, around 1pm on Tuesday.
Authorities accused him of attempted first-degree murder, and he is awaiting his first court appearance, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said in a press release.
Meanwhile, Lukavishnikova, who was brought to the hospital after the assault, had already returned to work by Tuesday.
She didn't want to discuss the attack in detail, but He spoke to NJ.com It had nothing to do with the robbery – in fact, she said the shooter was a regular shop.
“He's been a customer repeatedly. He shot me without warning,” she said. “He said nothing. I saw a crossbow as I approached him, and he shot me in the face with an arrow.”
When the post called Tuesday afternoon, no one called Joe 2 to the bird.
Rukavishnikova has certainly had bad luck recently – and it appears that the robber on January 23rd drove it away.
That day, a very brave thief surprised Lukavishnikova and took away the coveted, gray African parrot worth about $7,000 in the daylight of cameras, terrified by the lives of a painful bird.
The unidentified suspect was wearing a dark Nike hoodie that afternoon when he asked to walk to the store along the highway and see the expensive parrot.
“This guy came and started asking all the right questions,” Lukhavishnikova posted last month. “I thought, 'OK, he's going to buy a bird.' ”
But that's when the man suddenly grabs the cage, puts the bird inside, and flies the shed.
“It took me a few seconds to really figure out what was going on, and that's the reality,” she said. “This never happened to us.”
The store's security cameras caught everything, and Joe's Bird later posted a screen grab on the store's Instagram account.
“We definitely hope that the birds are OK and alive,” she said. “Yes, we're losing a lot of money, but at the same time, I'm even more concerned about the happiness of birds.”
Known for their intelligence and eerie imitation skills, African Grey is a coveted exotic pet that can win cute pennies on the black market.
A 24-year-old man named Onyx Calderon of Paterson has been identified as a suspect in a bird nap. According to New Jersey 101.5.
Officers eventually recovered the bird in Patterson. According to the independent.
However, Calderon still appears to be exposed to the wind.
