Overview

• The suspect, 64-year-old Joseph English, approached a 56-year-old man on a Hanson Place stairwell in Fort Greene around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday and threatened him before returning with a crossbow.
• Police say the unidentified victim was shot in the hip, suffered bleeding and pain, and was treated at the scene for injuries expected to fully heal.
• Officers recovered the crossbow and arrested English outside the building less than an hour after the attack.
• Charging documents list counts of assault, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing against English.
• Authorities describe English as emotionally disturbed and have not yet established a motive for the apparently random attack.