A man shot his neighbor with a bow and arrow, according to Falls Township police.
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Patrol officers were called to the unit block of Northcourt Lane in the township’s Levittown section around 7 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a shooting victim. They arrived to find a 46-year-old man had been shot in the upper leg/thigh area with an arrow, police said.
The injured man reported his a neighbor shot him with the arrow after an argument, police said.
The man was said to have fled the crime scene before officers arrived.
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The suspect – Joseph Richard Reiner, 32 – returned to the scene a short time after the shooting and was taken into custody, police said.
The 32-year-old man reportedly admitted to investigators that he shot his neighbor with a compound bow following an argument outside of his house. The two allegedly had a running feud.
Police said the 46-year-old man was taken to St. Mary Medical Center for treatment.
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Reiner was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime, and reckless endangerment. He was jailed early Thursday morning by on-call District Judge Joseph Falcone on 10 percent of $100,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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