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.

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. The incident ...

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 unfortunate entrepreneur, Katarina Rukavishnikova, was attacked just before 6 p.m. on Monday at her store, Birds by Joe 2 on Route 46 in Saddle Brook, according to NBC New York.

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.

The theft occurred Thursday at Birds by Joe 2, a family-owned store in Saddle Brook specializing in hand-raised parrots and other exotic birds.