Authorities in Massachusetts say a neighbor used a crossbow in an attempt to save a man from two attacking dogs but killed him instead.
ADAMS, Mass. -- A man was shot and killed in his apartment by a crossbow bolt that a neighbor had fired at dogs who were attacking the man, authorities in Massachusetts said.
The neighbor heard a commotion and the victim, who was a friend, shouting for help just after noon, authorities said. He stood at the bottom of a stairwell and fired up at a dog on the landing, she said. The bolt struck the dog with a glancing blow, went through the door and hit the man in the room where he was trying to barricade himself, Harrington said. A young girl in another room was unharmed.
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