| In a grisly attack that resembled something out of a horror movie, a naked man was discovered in downtown Miami on Saturday, May 26, in the process of chewing off the face of another man. The attacker, who had already devoured the victim's eyes, nose and ears, growled at a police officer, who shot him several times after numerous orders to desist. The victim was left fighting for his life, with 75% of his face missing. The bizarre incident unfolded around 2 pm on a sun-drenched pedestrian ramp next to a freeway. A passing cyclist who witnessed the brutal assault couldn't believe his eyes when he saw two naked men lying on the ground, one gnawing on the face of the other. "The guy was like tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!' " the cyclist, Larry Vega, told Miami's WSVN 7 News. "The guy just kept eating the other guy away, like ripping his skin." Vega quickly alerted a passing police officer, who attempted to stop the attack. "[The] 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," recalled Vega. When the man refused to back away, the officer shot him once. He continued biting, however, stopping only after several more shots were fired, eventually killing him, reports the Miami Herald. The victim, an unidentified homeless ... |
