Police have arrested a plumber for shooting an arrow that ultimately pierced the stomach of a woman dropping off her friends at a nursing home in Riverdale. The Daily News reports that police had been questioning area residents when they came across Eric Collins, 27. A source said though the cops were just asking routine questions, "He was acting a little squirrely. He was sweating and shaking. It was clear he knew more than he claimed."
According to WCBS 2, Collins and his pregnant wife "were moving into his grandparent's home on Independence Avenue when police say he was taking a break from unpacking and fired the arrow at a fence. It ricocheted up" and somehow hit Denise Delgado-Brown. Delgado-Brown, a 51-year-old court officer, was stunned to see an arrow sticking out of her body and underwent surgery. She is now at home, much to the relief of her family and friends; she told WCBS 2's Pablo Guzman, "That's a senior citizens building and a nursing home. How could you do that? You didn't think somebody was gonna get hurt?"
Police had always suspected it was an accident, but Collins never stepped forward. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Collins "was one of the first people we spoke to because his house was literally right next to where the event took place and he said he had no knowledge of it." Collins is charged with assault, reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a weapon. We also hear that the police are re-establishing the crime scene at Independence Avenue—maybe to see if it happened the way Collins said it did?
