Drill Sergeant archer misses target, hits woman in her house 100 yards away

Woman Struck by Drill Sergeant’s Errant Arrow
July 28, 2011
St. Louis Post-Dispatch|by Kim Bell
ST. JOHN, Mo. - An archer apologized Wednesday after an errant arrow sailed through the window of a house here, striking a woman in the face as she ate a doughnut.

The man, an Army drill sergeant who was practicing archery in his backyard Tuesday morning when a shot flew far beyond his target, said he prides himself on being safe.

"I can't explain how bad I feel," Robert "Ben" Joiner said Wednesday. "I thank the Lord she wasn't more injured than she was."

Joiner, 26, spoke to a reporter at his home after posting bail to be freed from the St. Louis County Jail. He faces two felonies after the incident: second-degree assault and armed criminal action.

The arrow traveled more than 100 yards - through Joiner's backyard, through a section of thick woods, and into a neighbor's backyard - before it crashed through a double-pane kitchen window of a house.
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Woman Struck by Drill Sergeant Errant Arrow