A television meteorologist in Tennessee was shot with a crossbow by a man who had threatened to kill him and vandalized his car, according to media reports.

Robert William Batot, 43, known on the air for WJHL as Rob Williams, was wounded early Monday when Gerald D. Taylor, 53, broke into his home in Johnson City, the Johnson City Press reported, citing court documents and police. WJHL reported that Williams and Taylor  had shared a house but Williams got a restraining order against him on May 29.

The Press report said that police were called to Williams' house early Monday and found him with the bolt, or arrow, fired from the crossbow sticking from his chest. Williams told police that Taylor broke into the house and shot him with the crossbow, then fired a pistol at him as he tried to escape.

Police said that they found Taylor sitting on a dock by the house and holding a pistol, and that after a brief standoff, officers used a Taser to subdue him, the Press reported.

The Press reported that in seeking the protection order, Williams alleged that Taylor had slashed his car tires and put water in his gas tank, and threatened to slander Williams and kill him. The source of the dispute was not apparent from the reports.

In a statement on WJHL's website, Williams said:  

I wish to thank everyone for their concern as I recover.

I am working with police as they continue their investigation into this matter.

I’m looking forward to returning on air very soon.

Taylor was due in court on Tuesday morning on charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated burglary and violation of a protection order, WJHL reported.

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A 53-year-old Michigan man was found dead Tuesday morning with an arrow in his chest.

The man, Chris Martin Allen, was found lying in the corner of a parking lot in Howell, about 30 miles east of Lansing.  The arrow was protruding from the left of his chest, and a crossbow was found next to his body, police said.

The police report said investigators considered Allen's death a homicide, but Police Chief George Basar told NBC station WILX of Lansing that suicide couldn't be ruled out. 

"It's physically possible," Basar said. "We have discussed that, and it's physically possible."

Allen lived near Wellston in northern Michigan but had been staying with relatives in a Howell-area apartment since the holidays, NBC station WDIV of Detroit reported.

The incident shook up neighbors in the apartment complex.

"I never thought I would have seen a crime scene here," resident Larry Varga told WILX. "It's a fantastic area and a nice place to live. Nothing ever happens around here."

"Police patrol this area very often" added Varga. "I have never seen any problems here except very tiny things like people having a party."

Police are puzzled, too, by the first possible homicide in the 39,000-person city since 2002, according to Michigan State Police records. 

"I've been in the business for 37 years, and this is the first one that I've had," said Basar, who became chief in 2006.

NBC stations WILX of Lansing, Mich., and WDIV of Detroit contrinuted to this report by M. Alex Johnson of msnbc.com.

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