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Eric Amaral, man charged in Kitchener arrow death, in court Tuesday

Eric Amaral, the man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the arrow shooting of Michael Gibbon, will appear in court Tuesday afternoon by video.

29-year-old man is also charged with shooting a police officer with a pellet gun

Portrait of man holding a gun in a gun shop.
Eric Amaral, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder in relation to the arrow shooting death of Kitchener, Ont.'s Michael Gibbon. (Eric Amaral/Facebook)

Eric Amaral, the man charged with first-degree murder in connection with thearrow shooting of Michael Gibbon in Kitchener, will appear in court Tuesday afternoon by video.

Gibbon, 60,was found sprawled on a front lawn of a home in Kitchener'sMount Hope-Breithaupt Park neighbourhoodwith an arrow sticking out of his chest on Oct 5.

Later that month, Amaral, 29, was charged in connection with the shooting of a Waterloo Regional Police officer during a traffic stop neardowntown Kitchener.

Five days later, police charged Amaral with first-degree murder in connection with the arrow shooting death of Michael Gibbon.