Skeletons will fire arrows even if a bow is not in their hand. I have used /replaceitem to switch their held items in main hand and offhand to items that are not bows yet they will still fire arrows.
MCPE-42038
Skeleton Shoots Without Bow
Resolved
Duplicate
0
Wilkincookie
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
Android
1.10.0.4 Beta
Retrieved
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