A maniac with a bow and arrow shot a random commuter the weekend before Christmas and barricaded himself inside a home.
Authorities in northern New Jersey say a man walking home for dinner the Saturday before Christmas was suddenly killed in what investigators later confirmed was a fatal bow-and-arrow attack, triggering an overnight standoff that ended with a house fire and multiple arrests.
The sequence began shortly before 7 p.m. in Kearny, when police responded to reports of a severely wounded man at a street intersection.
Officers arrived to find a man suffering from injuries that proved fatal. He “appeared to have been struck by a pointed object and died as a result of his injuries,” the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office told the New York Times.
A family member later identified the victim as Pablo Criollo of Harrison, New Jersey. Prosecutors confirmed he had been killed with a bow and arrow.
According to investigators, Criollo had been walking through Kearny around 6:45 p.m. when an arrow struck him from behind.
Video later obtained by NBC 4 captured the moments after the impact, showing the 45-year-old staggering before collapsing onto the sidewalk.
John Kalicki, who was among the first to notice Criollo lying on the ground outside a liquor and grocery store, described a haunting scene.
“When I first came here, he was laying there, and it sounded like he was snoring,” Kalicki said. “I thought he was sleeping. Then, when I came out the second time, he wasn’t snoring or nothing. That’s when I saw the arrow in his back.”
Investigators quickly narrowed in on a person of interest, but prosecutors said the individual had locked himself inside a two-story residence on Kearny Avenue.
Police secured the area as a regional SWAT team responded, forcing nearby residents to remain indoors while negotiators attempted to persuade the suspect to surrender.
Residents described hearing raised voices during the tense standoff. Rebecca Szymanski said she could hear the suspect yelling from inside the home.
“I heard the guy yelling out, ‘I can’t come out!’ or ‘I can’t do that!’ and then they were like, ‘Come out. We’re here to help you,'” she said.
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The standoff stretched through the night and into Sunday morning. Around 5 a.m., officials said a fire erupted inside the barricaded house, prompting evacuations of neighboring homes. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours, finally extinguishing it later in the day.
By early afternoon, authorities said the suspect emerged from the smoke-filled structure. At approximately 1 p.m., the man exited the residence armed with knives, wearing a red bandanna and black jacket, his clothing and face coated in soot, according to WABC.
Police officers and SWAT team members took him into custody without further incident.
The suspect was identified as 44-year-old Oscar Feijoo. Prosecutors said he faces charges including murder, weapons offenses, and arson, with additional counts anticipated.
Investigators have not publicly detailed a motive or explained the circumstances that led to Criollo’s death.
Thousands of miles away on the West Coast, authorities in Washington state said a separate burst of chaos unfolded on a Seattle-area freeway when a man allegedly dragged a state trooper from her patrol car and fled in the stolen vehicle on Christmas Day.
Alexander Eugene Smith, 24, was arrested after the alleged daytime carjacking sparked a high-speed pursuit along Interstate 5.
According to an arrest report obtained by KOMO News, the incident began shortly before noon after a Washington State Patrol lieutenant stopped to investigate reports of a man walking through traffic lanes around 11 a.m.
Video later circulated by TMZ showed the suspect calmly pacing across the busy northbound freeway as vehicles sped past.
Moments later, the marked patrol SUV pulled up with emergency lights flashing. The footage shows the man approaching the driver’s side door, opening it, and pulling the lieutenant from the seat.
The lieutenant was left on the pavement as the suspect sped away in the cruiser. Several troopers immediately gave chase, authorities said.
The pursuit ended when police maneuvered their vehicles to pin the stolen patrol car against the shoulder of the highway, forcing it to stop.
The lieutenant suffered minor injuries during the encounter, according to police. Multiple patrol vehicles were damaged during the effort to halt the fleeing suspect.
Smith initially refused to identify himself after his arrest, authorities said. Officers later discovered “two glass pipes with dark looking tar burned residue” on his person, and Smith admitted he had smoked meth earlier in the day, KOMO reported.
He was charged with robbery, suspicion of felony eluding, possession of a stolen vehicle, assault on a law enforcement officer, and driving under the influence.
Farther south in Florida, police said a bizarre pair of Christmas night burglaries ended with a naked suspect hiding inside the garage of a multimillion-dollar beachfront mansion.
Golden Beach police responded shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 25 to reports of a “naked white male” inside a home on Ocean Boulevard.
Officers arrived to find 26-year-old Vladimir Demidovich of Hallandale Beach unclothed inside the garage of a luxury residence.
Demidovich told officers that his clothing was located inside a nearby house, according to police. That second property, also on Ocean Boulevard, showed signs of intrusion. Investigators said the home had been disturbed, with drinks consumed and clothing scattered on the second floor.
Property records reviewed by WPLG showed the second home had a market value exceeding $37 million. The first residence was valued at roughly $12 million, according to reports.
Police said Demidovich entered both properties without permission, “consumed beverages and demonstrated intent to commit theft.” Jail records show he was charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and criminal mischief.
Authorities also noted that Demidovich had been free on felony bond stemming from a separate criminal mischief case dating back to June when the Christmas night arrests occurred.
