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.

The New Jersey pet store owner whose $7,000 parrot was swiped last month was randomly shot in the face with a crossbow Monday ...

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 ...

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 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.

Wealthy New Jersey town pet store owner shot with crossbow after exotic bird robbery The FBI helped as authorities tracked down a man suspected of shooting Birds By Joe 2 owner in Saddle Brook, NJ ...

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 ...