Naked man chews another, is shot dead
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May 30, 2012, Wednesday
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AUTHORITIES in Miami looked for more witnesses after a naked man who refused to stop chewing on the face of another naked man on a busy highway ramp, despite being shot by police, was finally shot to death.
Detective William Moreno said police want to understand what led to the grisly scene in which a witness said the man - identified by authorities as Rudy Eugene, 31 - growled when a police officer told him to stop his attack.
The victim, who has not been identified, is hospitalized in critical condition.
"We know that there were many people on the MacArthur Causeway, and we're hoping they come forward," Moreno told The Miami Herald on Monday.
Miami police have released few details about the weekend attack. Messages left yesterday by the Associated Press for a police spokesman and the Miami-Dade County medical examiner were not returned.
Witness Larry Vega was riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon when he saw the attack.
"The guy was, like, tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!'" Vega told TV station WSVN. "The guy just kept eating the other guy away, like ripping his skin."
Vega flagged down a police officer, who he said repeatedly ordered the man to get off the victim. The attacker picked his head up and growled at the officer, Vega said.
Vega said the officer shot the attacker, who continued chewing the victim's face. The officer fired again, killing him.
A surveillance video camera from the Miami Herald building nearby captured images of the men's naked legs lying side by side after the shooting.
Vega said the victim appeared gravely injured.
Detective William Moreno said police want to understand what led to the grisly scene in which a witness said the man - identified by authorities as Rudy Eugene, 31 - growled when a police officer told him to stop his attack.
The victim, who has not been identified, is hospitalized in critical condition.
"We know that there were many people on the MacArthur Causeway, and we're hoping they come forward," Moreno told The Miami Herald on Monday.
Miami police have released few details about the weekend attack. Messages left yesterday by the Associated Press for a police spokesman and the Miami-Dade County medical examiner were not returned.
Witness Larry Vega was riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon when he saw the attack.
"The guy was, like, tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!'" Vega told TV station WSVN. "The guy just kept eating the other guy away, like ripping his skin."
Vega flagged down a police officer, who he said repeatedly ordered the man to get off the victim. The attacker picked his head up and growled at the officer, Vega said.
Vega said the officer shot the attacker, who continued chewing the victim's face. The officer fired again, killing him.
A surveillance video camera from the Miami Herald building nearby captured images of the men's naked legs lying side by side after the shooting.
Vega said the victim appeared gravely injured.
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