Father arrested after 3-week-old baby is killed by crossbow in upstate New York

COLESVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York man shot his companion with a crossbow while she was holding the couple’s 3-week-old daughter, killing the child and injuring the woman. Sheriff’s deputies responding to a 911 call found the injured woman and baby at a home in the upstate town of Colesville shortly after 5 a.m. Monday. The woman told deputies that 26-year-old Patrick Proefriedt had fired a crossbow at her while she was holding the baby. The infant was pronounced dead and the woman was hospitalized. Proefriedt was arrested on charges including second-degree murder and attempted murder. His attorney from the public defender’s office had no comment.