The owner of an exotic bird store in New Jersey was shot in the face by a crossbow-wielding suspect just weeks after a $7,000 parrot was stolen from the same shop, police said.

Raymond Carey walked into Birds By Joe 2 in Saddle Brook just before 6 p.m. Monday armed with a crossbow, police said. Without warning, he shot the store owner in the face, according to investigators.

A New Jersey store says this man swiped a pricey African Grey parrot in a brazen broad-daylight heist. Instagram/@birdsbyjoe2. But that’s when the man suddenly seized the cage with the bird ...

The owner told NJ Advance Media she was shot in the face Monday evening by “a regular customer” as she worked in her store, Birds by Joe 2, in Saddle Brook. “He’s a repeat customer. He ...

SADDLE BROOK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A man is under arrest after the owner of a bird store in New Jersey was shot in the face with a crossbow. Police responded to Birds by Joe 2 on Route 46 East in ...

The New Jersey pet store owner whose $7,000 parrot was swiped last month was randomly shot in the face with a ... was identified as a suspect in the bird-napping, according to New Jersey 101.5.