KOMOLehman Neil Delavergne may not be the ideal companion for your next hunting trip.UPDATE: Delavergne tells cops he only wanted to scare the man. Details after the jump.Lehman Neil Delavergne apparently had a beef with another man in Pe Ell, Washington. But rather than using a typical weapon, investigators say Delavergne got creative in his choice of sharp implements.The 33-year-old Delavergne is accused of hiding outside of the man’s house then shooting him with a crossbow. Investigators say Delavergne also stabbed the man in the torso.The 26-year-old victim is in the hospital in stable condition. Delavergne, meanwhile, is still on the loose. Possibly hiding out at a friend’s house, says the Sheriff, and almost certainly trying to find a plausible alibi for why he mistook another human being for a twelve-point buck.UPDATE: According to Delavergne’s wife, she and her husband were having problems at hom. Delavergne almost killed the 62-year-old victim, she says, because he was mad at him for housing his estranged wife.Delavergne, unsurprisingly, has a long record, including convictions for drug possession, burglary and assault. How could he could confuse putting a scare into someone with stabbing them multiple times in the chest? Delavergne’s grandfather says it comes down to one word: drugs.
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