Man shot and killed with arrow in Kitchener

[jnelsoninjax]

 As Monday afternoon gave way to Monday night, police had yet to make any arrests in connection with the death of a 60-year-old man allegedly shot with an arrow in Kitchener’s north end.

Additionally, they warned members of the public to be vigilant and aware of their surroundings as “the risk to public safety is not yet known” in the aftermath of the man’s death.

Waterloo Regional Police were called to the home at 387 Margaret Avenue, across from the entrance to Breithaupt Park, around 7 a.m.

A neighbour or passerby had called 911 after spotting the wounded man on the front lawn of the property.

He was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries, and pronounced dead later in the morning.

He was identified later in the day as Michael F. Gibbon.

A person living in the area told CTV News that he saw somebody taken out of 387 Margaret Avenue in a stretcher.

The man “seemed to be awake” and was holding a paramedic’s hand, but the neighbour had no idea what had happened before the emergency vehicles arrived.

“We didn’t hear any noises or anything like that. It was all pretty quiet,” Blair Wendell said.

Police did not say where the arrow came from, or if any specific suspects had been identified.

They did say that they consider the man’s death to be suspicious – though not directly related to 387 Margaret Avenue – and want to hear from anyone with information relevant to the investigation.

“If you happen to identity someone walking around in the City of Kitchener with an arrow or a bow, we would hope that you call police,” Staff Sgt. Mike Haffner told reporters.

Homicide detectives and other officers remained at the scene for the rest of the day. By mid-afternoon, police cruisers blocked other vehicles from accessing a section of Margaret Avenue.

Police also spent time searching the park, but it was not clear for what purpose or if anything was found.

A house on nearby Guelph Street was also blocked off by police, as investigators took photographs and removed evidence from the home. Haffner said he did not know if that action was connected to the investigation on Margaret.

About a dozen schools were placed in hold-and-secure situations – less serious than a lockdown, but severe enough that nobody was allowed into or out of the buildings – for much of the day.

Normal operations resumed at all those schools before the end of the instructional day.

It was not clear why the hold-and-secures were lifted, or why they extended as far as Kitchener’s civic district, where Suddaby Public School was among the facilities affected.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/man-shot-and-killed-with-arrow-in-kitchener-1.2595236

[Gone]

We need to have bow and arrow laws because apparently it is too easy to get a hold of them. If it were harder for the shooter to get a bow and arrow, then crimes like this would never happen!

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Slippery surface. What next, people wielding crossbows?

[Mockingbird]

We need to have bow and arrow laws because apparently it is too easy to get a hold of them. If it were harder for the shooter to get a bow and arrow, then crimes like this would never happen!

Funny how I don't recall any mass killers using bows and arrows.

[Gone]

Funny how I don't recall any mass killers using bows and arrows.

Who said anything about mass killings? Get off your anti-gun high horse, this is an anti-bow and arrow thread here.

[Flawedspirit]

We need to have bow and arrow laws because apparently it is too easy to get a hold of them. If it were harder for the shooter to get a bow and arrow, then crimes like this would never happen!

Whoa man, wrong country. Us Canadians take a calm and measured approach to tragedies such as this. By which I mean we collectively say "That sucks. Man, you wanna hit up Timmies?" and promptly forget about it. It's a policy that's served us well! 

EDIT: But a bow and arrow though, really? Normally, I'd say "look for the really shifty guy who owns a weapon like that" but honestly... when's the last time you've seen a non-shady person with a bow and arrow?

[Gone]

Whoa man, wrong country. Us Canadians take a calm and measured approach to tragedies such as this. By which I mean we collectively say "That sucks. Man, you wanna hit up Timmies?" and promptly forget about it. It's a policy that's served us well! 

EDIT: But a bow and arrow though, really? Normally, I'd say "look for the really shifty guy who owns a weapon like that" but honestly... when's the last time you've seen a non-shady person with a bow and arrow?

If we were more like Canada our country would certainly be prettier ;P. 

 

If you aren't at an archery range or hunting the in the woods, I'd keep an eye on somebody with a bow and arrow more than somebody open carrying a handgun (rifle is different).

[DocM]

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EDIT: But a bow and arrow though, really? Normally, I'd say "look for the really shifty guy who owns a weapon like that" but honestly... when's the last time you've seen a non-shady person with a bow and arrow?

 

The last time I was in line at Meijers or most other department stores in the archery department. Also, the other day when the entire family went to our municipal archery range at a public park. Bow deer season just opened and people will be about with longbows, recurve bows, compound bows and crossbows for the next 3 months. I learned to shoot a hunting now before I was 10, and our kids had compounds by that age. Michigan culture.

Kid bows at Wall-Mart 

[DConnell Member]

Round up all the likely suspects - Oliver Queen, Clint Barton, Katniss Everdeen, Robin Hood, Merida, Mary-Margaret Blanchard.