Man describes face-eating attack
A witness has described seeing a naked man chewing on the face of another man on a road in Miami before the attacker was shot dead by police.
Larry Vega said he was riding his bike on Saturday afternoon off the MacArthur Causeway, which connects the centre of Miami with Miami Beach, when he saw the savage attack on the bridge's off-ramp.
He told WSVN-TV in Miami: "The guy was, like, tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off'. The guy just kept eating the other guy away, like, ripping his skin."
The victim was identified by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's office as Rudy Eugene, 31, according to Miami television station WFOR.
Mr Vega flagged down a Miami police officer, who he said repeatedly ordered the attacker to get off the victim. The attacker just picked his head up and growled at the officer, Mr Vega said.
As the attack continued, Mr Vega said the officer shot the attacker, who continued chewing the face of the victim, who was also naked. The officer fired again, killing the attacker.
Miami police have released few details about the attack, other than confirming that there was a fatal officer-involved shooting.
The name of the victim, who was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, had not been immediately determined by authorities, said Detective William Moreno. A spokeswoman said the hospital would not be releasing any information about him.
A surveillance video camera from the nearby Miami Herald building captured images of the men's naked legs lying side by side after the shooting.
Mr Vega said the victim appeared gravely injured: "You couldn't really see, it was just blood all over the place."
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arthur borges
Jul 4th 2012, 12:39
The victim was a fellow alumnus of mine at Stuyvesant High School in New York. We were 700+ in my graduating class (1964). I didn't know him personally, but from others on our Yahoo group, it seems he signed graduation photos with dedications like: "To a great guy from the greatest" and "From the First Italian-American in the White House."
It seems later military service in Vietnam destabilized him chronically and he was homeless for much of his life.
Alister Sammut
May 29th 2012, 14:04
Forsi irrabjah imbaghad kiellu wiccu bir rabja...letteralment...
anthony sultana
May 29th 2012, 12:49
Uganda president Amin use to eat people.That is mental problem,in the USA thats happen sometimes,Jefry Dohmer eat lots of people, in America.I had a neighbor that use to eat people, in NY.
George Attard
Jun 21st 2012, 13:46
technically the man didn't 'eat' his face, he chewed it off, but he didn't eat it as no traces of flesh were found to be in his stomach. they did find some flesh between his teeth which raises some serious flags on this man's teeth brushing habits.
John Cole Smith
Jul 28th 2012, 11:24
@attard
Jean Bedél Bokassa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/03/jean-bedel-bokassa-posthumous-pardon
david debattista
May 29th 2012, 11:16
Maybe he was thinking he was a wolf a werewolf . Why not, They have this cult about vampires in America with fangs and vampire eyes, this one had the power, or mental illness of lycanthropy . Forget your garlic and your cross, they will not work ! Solution Run like hell !
wayne scicluna
May 29th 2012, 10:28
Sounds like Resident Evil! Grab the Magnum!
Mr Andrei Azzopardi
May 29th 2012, 09:37
I think this guy saw too many zombie movies and games...
Mr Angelo Abela
May 29th 2012, 15:11
Yeah I heard this happens. Have you heard about the guy who saw too many biblical movies and then started to perform miracles?
Seriously, its more likely he took a bit too much LSD
Ian Mamo
May 29th 2012, 09:12
The attacker just picked his head up and growled at the officer ----- Creepy huh...
He was shot but still kept chewing his face... Even creepier!
I honestly can't understand how a 31 year old couldn't defend him self...
Amante Reale
May 29th 2012, 09:01
And so it begins. Remember, whatever video games told you, shotguns suck at fighting zombies. You can't let them get so close to you.
Barricade the doors and never go out alone.
God speed.
R. Caruana
May 29th 2012, 08:41
I hope that's not contagious. I don't look forward to a zombie world scenario
Rose Zammit
May 29th 2012, 08:24
VAMPIRE ATTACK ---
S.M. Cuschieri
May 29th 2012, 09:13
It is more like cannabalism Rose my god!!! Ara fejn wasalna ta! Nieklu lil xulxin issa :).
Pia Attard
May 29th 2012, 11:14
vampires don't eat flesh -_- ZOMBIES are what you're thinking of!
Please choose the reason of your report below: