Father Arrested After 3-Week-Old Baby Is Killed by Crossbow in Upstate New York

Father Arrested After 3-Week-Old Baby Is Killed by Crossbow in Upstate New York
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COLESVILLE, N.Y.—An upstate New York man shot his companion with a crossbow while she was holding the couple’s 3-week-old daughter, killing the child and injuring the woman, authorities said.

Sheriff’s deputies and emergency medical workers responded to a 911 call and found the injured woman and baby at a home in the town of Colesville shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, the Broome County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.