LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A Monroe County homeowner fended off two home invaders while wielding a crossbow Tuesday morning.
Deputies were dispatched to a home on the 4500 block of Huron St. in Frenchtown Township at around 12:38 a.m. after receiving a call of a home invasion in progress.
According to the call, two people broke into a home that had two residents inside. One of the intruders was then shot with an arrow by a resident, after which the intruders fled.
The intruder who was shot, a 32-year-old man from Newport, was taken to hospital to remove the arrow and undergo surgery. He is now in police custody while he recovers.
The other man, 41, of Newport, was arrested shortly after the incident and is currently held in the Monroe County Jail.
Police will not release the men’s identities until they are arraigned.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff, this incident is believed to have not been a random act of violence and seems to have stemmed from a prior altercation between the people involved.