Thread: Report: Officer kills naked attacker chewing man's face

Report: Officer kills naked attacker chewing man's face

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MIAMI (AP) – A Miami police officer on Saturday fatally shot a naked man who was chewing on the face of another man on a downtown causeway off-ramp, police and witnesses said.

Sponsored LinksThe Miami Herald reports that gunshots were heard at about 2 p.m. on the MacArthur Causeway off-ramp, which is near the newspaper's offices. Witnesses said that a woman saw two men fighting and flagged down a police officer, who came upon a naked man mauling the other man. The newspaper quoted witnesses as saying that the officer ordered the naked man to back away, and when he ignored the demand, the officer shot him. Witnesses said that the naked man continued his attack after being shot once, and the officer shot him several more times.

Police said the other man was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center. The newspaper said he had suffered critical injuries.

The police department confirmed in a news release that there was an officer-related shooting, but did not include many details provided by witnesses to the newspaper.

A police spokesman couldn't be reached for comment by the Associated Press on Saturday evening.

The police news release said the identities of the two men were not known.

A photograph posted on The Herald's website shows an officer standing watch on the ramp next to two police cruisers, with a body lying on a pedestrian walkway. Police requested the newspaper's video surveillance tapes.

The shooting and investigation tied up causeway traffic as crowds were arriving at South Beach for an annual hip-hop festival.

Javier Ortiz, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police in Miami, said that based on information he's received, the officer who fired the shots "is a hero and saved a life."

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Real-life Hannibal Lecter who ate face of naked homeless man identified as Rudy Eugene, 31

Cannibal was gunned down by cops during grisly crime

By Helen Kennedy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, May 28, 2012, 10:15 PM.

This is the face of the naked homeless man who was gunned down by a Miami cop while eating the face of another nude man.

Rudy Eugene, 31, appears smug and defiant in an old police mug shot shown on a TV news station last night.

The real-life Hannibal Lecter was shot to death Saturday in one of Florida’s most bizarre crimes.

His victim, an unidentified homeless man, was clinging to life at a Miami hospital Monday.

His face was reported to be barely identifiable as that of a human.

Eugene, who was growling like an animal as he swallowed pieces of flesh, had to be shot at least six times before he died.

The initial rounds that hit him had little effect, as the cannibal kept chomping on the man’s ears, nose and cheeks — and even tried to gouge out his eyeballs.

What prompted the hideous attack — and what kind of drugs, if any, Eugene was on — remained a mystery Monday.

Cops said it might be a case that involved a new type of synthetic stimulant called “bath salts” or “plant food,” which can cause users to become paranoid and aggressive.

Former New Yorker Larry Vega, a recent transplant to Miami who witnessed the mauling, said he was thinking of moving his family out of Florida.

“I lived my whole life in New York and never experienced something this crazy,” he told WPLG TV in Miami.

Vega was riding his bike on a highway overpass Saturday when he saw two men below him. Both were naked and both were covered with blood.

“The guy — he was like a zombie, blood dripping; it was intense,” Vega told reporters in Florida.

“The closest thing I’ve seen to it? ‘The Walking Dead,’ ” he said, referring to AMC’s gruesome zombie show.

“I never thought I would see someone eating someone. It was really, really horrific.”

hkennedy@nydailynews.com

Real-life Hannibal Lecter who ate face of naked homeless man identified as Rudy Eugene, 31 - NY Daily News

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