A naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a Miami highway ramp growled at a police officer who tried to make him stop, a witness to the grisly attack said.
Larry Vega told WSVN-TV in Miami he was riding his bicycle off the MacArthur Causeway on Saturday when he saw one man biting the face of another.
“He was ripping into his face with his teeth, he was ripping his skin, his neck," Larry Vega told WSVN-TV in Miami. "He had him held down, the guy couldn’t move and he was tearing into his flesh.”
“The guy was like tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!'" "You know, it's like the guy just kept eating the other guy away, like ripping his skin."
Vega said he quickly flagged down a police officer and watched in horror.
“It’s one of the most gruesome things I’ve ever seen in my life in person,” he told WSVN-TV.
The officer, who was not identified, ordered the naked man to back away, but when the man continued the assault, the officer shot him, according to the Miami Herald. Other witnesses told the Herald the wounded attacker continued to eat his victim, so the officer continued firing.
Report: Miami police shoot naked man chewing on victim's face
"Police officer came over, told him several times to get off and a police officer climbed over the divider and got in front of him and said, 'Get off!' And told him several times and the guy just stood his head up like that with a piece of flesh in his mouth and growled," Vega said.
The officer fired several more times, eventually killing the attacker, the Herald reported.
A Miami Herald surveillance camera captured the aftermath as the attacker and the victim lay side by side on the ground with their bare legs visible.
The victim, believed to be a homeless man, was in critical condition on Sunday at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the Herald said.
According to WSVN-TV, the victim lost 75 percent of his face.
Authorities have not released the identity of either man.
Miami police were still trying to determine what prompted the macabre act, but theorized that the attacker had suffered from a drug-induced craze, the Herald reported.
More content from msnbc.com and NBC News:


there's somethin' in florida's water!!
Yeah, the Z-Virus...
That's T-virus.
It,s called Meth.........
I live in South Florida and I am stunned with horrendous story after another here in Florida. It has gotten to the point where when I read a horrible headline my eyes for directly to State/City. This story tops the latest of the over the top crimes. I read somewhere where the perpetrator was on some type of new LSD??? What drug besides PCP can cause this kind of behavior. I am not a big fan of South Florida cops, but this poor cop and witnesses will probably have a tough time getting that picture out of their heads. I am glad the police officer shot him dead. He had zero choice.
The perp is one sick puppy on a bad trip.
Still waiting to hear how the officer should have used non lethal force (taser, mace, pepperspray, bean bag) to "stop" the bad guy. He will probably get written up for only wounding him with the first shot, excessive force and using too many bullets when it is all said and done.
Zombies can't be tasered. A headshot is the only method that kills all the different types.
"There was nothing in the fridge
so I went under the bridge
Met a man named Mike
and decided to have a bite
His face was tasty
kind of like puff pastry
The cops wondered what I was doin'
but I just kept on chewin'
They thought I was on crack
but I really just wanted a snack
All's well that ends well
but Mike probably wants me to go to Hell."
yep this is what happens under repubenomics
In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt down I'm after you
Smell like I sound I'm lost in a crowd.
And I'm hungry like the wolf.
And yet another Duran Duran groupie goes the way of the afouled.
Peace into the night of our bretheren.
Must have been one of the delegates from the GOP convention that got confused and went to Miami instead of Tampa!
Where are they - the "Let's just legalize drugs" gang? My favorite is, "What I put in my body is my business".
yeah! let's legalize all drugs. seriously. idiot.
This is not a legalize drugs issue. The man was certainly beyond any drug-induced mania. It's just Florida.
Why are they taking so long to identify the attacker?
I am surprised there are not more here calling the man a zombie LOL
Yeah, let's continue to waste billions waging war on non-violent marijuana users so there are less law enforcement resources to deal with the real hard drugs like PCP.
EXCUSE ME GENIUSES! Something in Florida's Waters? WRONG! It's no Friggen Joke! Something in the strength of the Drugs Stupid people are taking.It could be Florida,it could be anywhere!
This is what a potent drug does to you! A potent form of LSD. you snap, and go fuchi.ng nuts,with the side effect of ripping your clothes off and going after anything in front of you.
That's what this Drug Crazed Animal Did!The Cop did him a LARGE FAVOR by killing him and putting him out of his misery,he would of died anyway!Besides the poor man with the chewed off face,the attackers insides were burning up!That's what tthe drugs he was on were doing to him. Not very funny now is it?
Listen to the Video and to what one seasoned cop says about it.It's all explained there and all you funny people,missed the boat on that one.
OH AND IT'S NOT FUNNY!
There is nothing wrong with the water in Florida. It's all the prions, viruses and bacteria that people immigrating from out of state bring with them. If Florida is such an awful place, then why do all you yanks want to retire there?
We think we can improve it. Then we realize that you can't fix stupid. So we stay for the weather.
Why were they both naked just like to know that answer first..Then I'll respond.
Is it heartless to think it might have been better to let the victim die too? he's homeless, no family support, and missing 75% of his face...
ThinkVoice - then the place that you left in order to move to Florida must be one big hellhole.
funny, the other day it was likely a cocaine overdose, which makes sense, now they're saying LSD, which does not make a lot of sense...
f*cked up either way...
maybe we should be focusing on "tooth control" instead of gun control........sorry, couldnt help it, just amazed how far we have come.
...don't be shooting your mouth off...
DeVille, I am with you 100% but I just have to say, while marijuana usually makes a person mellow, it does tend to give you the munchies...
Stand your ground not matter where you are Time to get a permit to carry.
I guess if you need to go somewhere to die, Florida is apparently the place to go.
Could be several things:
PCP. One of the common ways to use it is to put it on marijuana and smoke it.
Methamphetamine/methylphenidate(Ritalin), etc.
Crack cocaine
sedative/hypnotic paradoxical effect, e.g. barbs.
hallucinogens, e.g. LSD
several others including alcohol and high THC cannabis, see ICD-10.
Hope you're not abusing any of these,
Wow. The cops THEORIZE that it was a "drug-crazed" incident -- so therefor it "must be " a drug-crazed incident.
And all you Right-wing whack-jobs who are saying this are the same ones who were hollering about the people jumping to conclusions about a guy named George Zimmerman...............
By the way, where the hell WAS that taser that all cops are supposed to have in their vehicles, if not on their belts? Fantastic job there, Deputy Dog -- go for your gun first, 'cause we all know pumping a few bullets into a naked guy who has no weapons at all is the only way to stop him........
The question why both the perpetrator and the victim were naked is key here. Perhaps it was some weird homosexual perversion that went a bit too far.
All we need to do, see, is legalize drugs. Then they'll be cheap and plentiful.
"... the only way to stop him........"
Your turn for an answer. The cop does nothing while he waits for more cops who aren't going to rush to that one? The cop goes hand to hand with a face eater? He gets close enough alone to use a stun gun and it fails?. There are more questions, please give some practical answers - don't, as you detest, jump to conclusions.
Subsequent police reported finding a bowl of farva beans and one bottle of Chianti near by.
AND TO PANDORA:Meth, Crack, LSD. (I sure hope he's not abusing any of these) WTF man, is there some other legit use for these substances??????
If this guy acted this way after smoking marijuana, I will change my opinion. I highly doubt that was the case.
100 degrees, 100% humidity, mosquitoes the size of birds, alligators, hurricanes, ... Sounds like utopia.
Wtf did I just read? Try telling this story to someone else and they will tell you that you made it up. Other than zombie and Hannibal Lecter jokes, what is there really that someone can say? Again, wtf?
Granny get your gun!
Sometimes when you get older you always feel cold. Some of the posters here likely won't live long enough to find that out though if they like the drug lifestyle.
This guy was probably crazy to begin with.
Hope everyone has read the Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide. The Zombies are among us! ;-)
What would YOU do for a Klondike bar?.....
Floriduh is a disgusting, humid, fetid swamp that cannot be fixed. Can we bomb it into oblivion and say we didn't? After I get out of this backward, maniacle place first. Who among us is surprised that this incident happened in Floriduh? That's what I thought. Floriduh wants to be a normal state but just can't quite make it. In Jacksonville, they spent 350 million on a brand new courthouse and took 12 years, yes 12 years to build it (due to its architecture, it looks like something that belongs in the nation's capital rather than in Jacksonville) so they moved all the furniture out of the old courthouse and stated with great fanfare that the new building will be open for business today, 05/29. Only there was a little, teeny, tiny glitch. The building cannot be used because it has not passed fire safety inspections. 2 or 3 of them so far. What to do? Did it not occur to any of the great minds involved that maybe emptying out one site before the other had passed inspection was akin to putting the cart before the horse? The judges say they won't move back to the old building temporarily and they can't use the new one. All this after a big tussle between the mayor and the chief judge over spending hundreds of thousands more dollars to furnish the place. I'm telling you, Moe, Larry, Shemp and Curly are in charge of this state. Actually, that's an insult to the Stooges because one could at least laugh at their antics-free of charge. The slogan for the state should read in part.....Bring us your crazy, your criminals, and your child molesters. They'll feel right at home here. I'm sure the criminal governor would probably have an issue with that though.
Sandie-Which one are you, crazy, criminal or child molester? All 3? Actually Florida will be a much better after you leave, and no one on here cares about an old courthouse feud in J'ville. My feelings toward people like you are, "If you don't like Florida, GTF out!". Nobody's holding a gun to your head, so take your damn carpetbag and attitude back up north to your cesspool, where people like you belong! "Yankee Go Home"
Once again the fear monger "officals" cant see past "Drugs" as the only possible reason for the attack. I bet they claim the drug was marijuana too.
DeVille223
Why are they taking so long to identify the attacker?
Because Meth screws up your teeth so bad, they can't use dental records to ID somebody.
There's not much sense in guessing yet, but both being naked and the one man's refusal to quit .... well, eating, I suppose... does point towards PCP. I've taken a good bit of LSD in my younger days and never even had the thought of doing such as this. I'm certain more is to follow but do have to say; shame on the political trolls and Florida bashers.
Only on MSNBC would people argue the cop was in the wrong for shooting this dude. I rarely agree with cops but I gotta say when you come upon a situation such as this its difficult to negotiate. Most naked cannibals are unreasonable and if their only reply is a savage growl you should probably consider using your sidearm. Just sayin...
Hey. Did Jacksonville ever get around to tearing down their old library, you know, the only building downtown with any character whatsoever?
Come to the new 300,000,000 dollar library. The crackheads are waiting.
To all you saying if you don't like it, get the f-k out. I don't live there. Anymore...
I will attest to the fact that it is one swell (like swollen) $hithole of a swamp. I can have my feet in the Pacific ocean and trust that I will not be getting mosquito-borne diseases at the same time. That is all.
John Carter, Yeah don't we ALWAYS hear about gay people enjoying some cannibalism with their sex. Such a stupid comment.
This guy had to be high and it was on something nasty, maybe shooting up meth, or PCP.I've heard there are new weird drugs made in similar manner to meth that are worse. For all the people that think marijuana would do this, no, it wouldn't.
Diatribe, you're thinking of our courthouse. That's the 300 million project. And they just postponed its openning.
Men, meh...its could have been old fashioned psychosis.
Nah. The library... It was like built (finished) six years ago or something... They had (supposedly) slated the old library for demolition to build something else... Condos...? Parking...?
@HughJorgan,
Thanks for proving my point. The one I made about the crazy Floriduh people......also, your feelings only matter to you. Why take your anger out on me? Take it up with the appropriate persons like your wife or girlfriend, or your partner in life. Presumably, they know and care about you. I do not! Perhaps a priest or PSYCHIATRIST. Apparently no one in Jax does care about the NEW courthouse. That has been made obvious.
@ diatribe,
No, it still stands as well as a shell of a highrise downtown that never got finished, it's an ugly eyesore. That Pacific thing sounds lovely. I'll have to give it a try.
New reports say that the attacker was smoking "bath salts." That's some f*cked up juju right there.
So it was not: PCP, Meth, Cocaine (or its derivative Crack), marijuana (laughable to say the least), or LSD. That being said, these sorts of "bath salts" are said to mimic properties of both meth and hallucinogenics, so an overall bad combination. Apparently, it's a recipe for zombies... or at least psychological lycanthropy.
There's a fight I am certainly glad I did not witness. That is disturbing.
Absolutely. I feel badly for the cop and the witness, as well as the victim. What a thing to have to see! I mean.. that stuff belongs in horror movies. I can only imagine how the cop felt after firing on the guy and seeing him keep eating the other guy. The when he got shot again the cannibal stands up, buck nekkid and covered in gore, and *growls*? I can't blame the cop for having to kill him. Meth, bath salts, whatever... the guy was a real life monster.
Cannibalism will be a lot more common if the Earth can't maintain its population. We have 7 billion people here, if we keep populating, food will run scarce. Then there will be only one food source left...
Cannibalism a lot more common, huh?
Hummm....if it becomes acceptable, I think I'll start with that cute young thing down in accounting.
THX, the guy did NOT stand up -- he RAISED HIS HEAD. Either learn to read, or learn to not make comments on things you do not bother to understand.
Sounds like Stephen King's book "Cell", in which people got their brains scrambled by a pulse delivered via cell phone, immediately went feral like this including the flesh-eating and growling. Check your caller ID before you answer.
One of my least favorite by King. Started with a bang and ended with crap.
Sandie, that's how most of King's works are. He's a good story teller but his pacing is horrible when it comes to wrapping things up. You can read 800 pages of awesomeness and then he wraps it up with 3 pages of crap. His short stories are his best work because you don't build up expectations over hundreds of pages only to be let down by what feels like a rushed ending.
Jeez Sandie you just don't like anything! Why don't you move to the middle of America were everything is dull, plane, and vanilla. And do us a favor don't get back on the Internet we can use a little less duh down here in Florida!
@DannyBoy,
Jeez Danny, why castigate just me? It would appear you skipped right over JoeyJoeJoJunior's post. He did not care for it either. You don't know me well enough to say what I like or do not like. And jeez, why am I not surprised that you are a Floriduhan trying to censor someone's right to post a comment on the internet. I am hardly PLAIN, dull or vanilla. Censor yourself, sir. Jeez!
Did he eat the other guy's clothes first?
Wow, Soylent Green has moved to Florida!!
Think: Zombies
Was there a full moon? Did the naked man have hair all over his body? Did the cop use silver bullets?
Yeah, Florida werewolf. Now Florida will pass a law that every gun owner must have silver bullets!
BigBendjc...Not a Werewolf...Definitely a Zombie attack...Werewolves dont like Florida...The weather frizzes their hair.
Well, just as long as Florida and all the rest of us, can keep our guns.
Land sharks.
It weren't no zombie.... First of all, there ain't no zombies. Second, zombies supposedly eat brains -- not faces.
@big bendjc...This being Floriduh, they'll pass a law stating that it's okay to eat someone's face as long as it's done after 9:00 PM. No eating faces during daylight hours!
Quacked,
you gotta go through the face to get to the brains.
ewwwwwwwww
This is nothing more than a promo for the new "Open-faced tourist sandwich", which is made by using fresh tourists.
Jeeeze, can't a couple of naked homeless guys get a bite to eat anymore without being hassled?
So, if the victim survives, would he be a candidate for a face transplant. Would the fact that he is homeless work against him being considered for such a procedure? Not totally familiar with how people are condisered for these things but I seem to recall that a person would need x amount of funds to get the ball rolling, so to speak. Plus their overall physical condition seems to factor in as well. Surely he could not be left "as is" if he survives, right?
It's the beginning of the zombie apocalypse!
Drugs hell, I vote with Mike...Zombies...
Yup! Zombies get my vote as well. Well, zombies on PCP.
Obviously a publicity stunt for the Walking Dead series.
Patient Zero has yet to be publicly identified...hmmmmm...
Really difficult when you have a faceless crime.
...crap you're right. Who knows if this man was the original or if someone else infected him and is still roaming around up there
Meth screws up your dental impressions!
In one of yesterdays reports, two guys were seen running naked down the street. Maybe these two were on a drug binge together when the one went berserk and was actually chasing the victim. Bizarre!
WTF?
I thought Jeffery Dahlmer was dead, or locked up!!
he's dead. very dead. where've you been?
good old-fashioned prison justice
Not drugs. Werewolf. Now we know they are real.
PS...Based on the news, you couldnt pay me to live in Florida. What a f**cked up place.
Florida is all Fn8k up because of all the worthless clowns who move there, i'm from West Palm Beach and the whole county, the whole state not only is an over sized fossil farm, but an over sized drug rehab for the rest of the country.
for some reason the rest of the country has turned the state into their toilet, they dump their pieces of
$#!t there and the people from Florida suffer from it.
i wish the people who are really from Florida could give the state a flush and clean the state from all the crap that has moved there, they all cry and complain about how their useless excuses are living on a budget and need a bargain, the people who are only trying to get a desent living are too expensive for their worthless excuses.
yep, blame your repub leaders for making you a cheap state that at attracts vermin
What are you talking about? Florida has been leaning to the left in recent years. Figures that a rise in the population of libtards would coincide with a rise in outrageous news stories.
Also, this is Miami during "urban week'. It is a clusterf*ck of left-wing moonbats.
What are you talking about? Florida has been leaning to the left in recent years.
Then why do you keep electing republican governors?
DeVille, get a freaking life, you ideological BLOWHARD
So what, until recently Calfironia had a Republican governor, are you going to call that a red state too?
Lil Anomie, get a freaking life. It's obvious by his nakedness that this was a bipartisan, politically motivated attacked by a right wing conservative.
So what, every 23 years and such a fuss. Come on man, give a guy a break, jeez.....
See, now here is a perfect example of why we must continue to support the food stamp program; this guy must have been starving!
republican zombies
Oh man, that was so funny, I "accidentally" clicked the no value button. It seems that I wasn't the only one who "accidentally" clicked it.
And so many people want to legalize illegal drugs, it was stated in the video that they believe the guy which was shot was on a new form of LSD.
Whats next? Pot laced with this junk....Who knows?
Wait a minute... You're taking a video (from a major "news" company at that) which says they BELIEVE (as in, can't say 100% certain) and you're treating this as 100% fact? Really?
Even if this video were true, few are supporting legalizing stuff like meth and LSD. It's a whole different type of drug than cigarettes, marijuana, or alcohol.
"lacing" pot with more expensive drugs would be like lacing toast with caviar and selling it for the price of toast.
Why don't you wait for some toxicology results before you jump to stupid conclusions.
There is no new form of LSD. The psychedelic drug known as LSD, is simply lysergic acid diethylamide-25. This would have to be some new form of Dr. Jekyll's "Elixir of Renewal."
Wow, Bill can Google the chemical name for LSD. Bet you have no idea what it means and can't draw the chemical structure from the name, Einstein.
Chemists are cooking up all kinds of crap. Synthetic versions of most kinds of street drugs, they call them bath salts. Combine someone with psychotic tendencies with some of those 'salts' and voila, cannibal zombie. The bigger question is why does our government allow this garbage to be sold? Unless they might have something to gain by allowing a segment of society to self destruct. As if there aren't enough people methin around, on their way to jail or the morgue.
17.2
Comment of the day.
Bravo.
the cop in the news was SPECULATING that it might be a "new" form of lsd, which as bill pointed out, can not exist. Lsd is lsd, some blotter is more potent because it's more concentrated, but it's still lsd.
I'm definitely thinking pcp, meth, or coke overdose- these are some of the drugs that can make you burn up inside. Even if someone had pre-existing mental problems, the lsd would probably just overwhelm them and leave them curled up in a ball.
but I'm no expert. Hell, he might just be crazy...
Scales: Didn't need to Google anything. Spent 35 years in drug program development, education, management. You assume too much - like the cop (and others) who assumed this is a drug thing. Not likely at all - probably a psychotic thing.
Some folks believe they are Jesus. Maybe this guy believed he was a zombie. No need for drugs to be completely bonkers.
“It’s one of the most gruesome things I’ve ever seen in my life in person,”
???? What have you seen that is worse???
I was thinking the same thing... "one of????"
That's what I was thinking, what the hell else has this guy seen? And why?
Speculation, of course, but maybe the 9-11 attacks, maybe served in Iraq or Afghanistan, maybe other traumatic event(s)?
I wondered the same thing. Just what has this guy found to watch on the Internet or anywhere, for that matter.
Eye for an eye. You eat my clothes, I eat your face. Only in Florida.
i bet if the clown was investigated to find out where he was from, he's not from Florida.
Florida has been turned into the country's toilet where the rest of the country's $#!t is dumped.
It is the warm weather and beaches. Seriously I know of at least 2 mentally ill people from my town (and it is a small town) who became homeless and hitchhiked there. Those were their listed reasons... because it was warm year round being homeless there was not so bad in their eyes and they supposedly pictured themselves living on the beach, watching the girls in bikinis and fishing all day. One had done time for rape on two occasions and the other had serious issues with anger management and had a number of assaults on his record, mostly against women he considered himself to be dating much to their surprise. Needless to say the community was pleased to see them go but I figure they are part of a much bigger problem. So for all the jokes it is actually a problem for some communities. After all you don't see many homeless people planning to go live in North Dakota or Alaska.
I think WTF???? is the appropriate response...along with hoping the best for the victim. That is seriously messed up.
Gives a WHOLE new meaning to the term "Bite me!"
The Walking Dead was actually a warning issued by the Pentagon about Kenyan Barry bush witchcraft turning Odumbo voters into flesh eating zombies. Go armed to the polls in Nov. and shoot for the head.
Both sides are the walking dead. Don't kid yourself, you aren't any more thoughtful than any of the other mindless voters, you actually still think your vote counts. How cute. You have to even stoop to calling names which just makes you look twelve.
I think twelve year olds are smarter than this clown...
I completely agree...at least 12 year old's have common sense. This guy is sadly ignorant...actually, even ignorant is a compliment because the definition of ignorant is "a lack of knowledge." This isn't ignorance...this is pure jackass...its sad when people can't even take events like this seriously!
I feel like chicken tonight
I was just about to make an open-faced sandwich for myself. Do you want one?
EWWWWWDaveInME, thanks ever so much! LOL Be hard for me to eat one now!
These 2 Obi Wan Obummer voters have had their voting rights revoked.
Congrats- you get the award for politicizing a completly non-political story. We didn't even make it off of page 1 before you brought it up.
Yep, he/she certainly goes out of the way to prove he's one of the very slow ones.
sux,
why don't you go eat your keyboard?
More Kenyan cultural preferences like eating face or Dachshunds.