{"id":135691,"date":"2026-02-17T00:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135691\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:48:16","slug":"long-island-man-arrested-after-woman-grazed-in-face-with-arrow-from-crossbow-in-lawrence-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135691\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Island man arrested after woman grazed in face with arrow from crossbow in Lawrence home"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAWRENCE, Long Island (WABC) — A man is charged with attempted murder after police say he shot his sister in the face with a crossbow.<\/p>\n

Police in Nassau County responded to a home on West Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n

When they arrived, they found a 28-year-old woman bleeding on the right side of her face.<\/p>\n

Authorities say Samy Sedhom, 21, shot an arrow from a crossbow at the victim and it grazed her face.<\/p>\n

“Families have problems just like everyone else, so I don’t know all the details, but it might’ve been an argument that went too far,” a neighbor said.<\/p>\n

Nassau County police say Sedhom’s sister had just pulled into their attached garage after returning home from the gym.<\/p>\n

They say she saw Sedhom sitting inside his parked car across the street.<\/p>\n

Detectives say they both got out. The victim tried to enter the code to close the garage door when investigators say she felt a sharp pain to the right side of her face.<\/p>\n

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She started bleeding and called police.<\/p>\n

When police arrived, they say they saw an arrow lodged into the back wall of the garage. They searched the suspect’s bedroom and found a box for the crossbow, a Katana samurai sword and a MacBook. All were seized by police.<\/p>\n

In addition to a charge of attempted murder, Sedhom is also facing charges of assault, criminal possession of a weapon, tampering with evidence and stalking.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say he admitted to shooting and trying to kill his sister and that he had planned to do it since Christmas.<\/p>\n

Sedhom remains in jail. The judge gave a full stay-away order for his sister.<\/p>\n

He is due back in court on Wednesday. If convicted on the attempted murder charge, he could face up to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n

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