South Beach cannibal attack 911 calls released; callers report naked man before face-chewing

10:51 AM, Jun 6, 2012 | comments

Police eye a man shot and killed as he apparently tried to eat the face of another man. Both were naked at the time. (CBS4)

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The Associated Press

SOUTH BEACH CANNIBAL ATTACK

-- Naked man shot while eating another man's face
-- Cops search for face attack witnesses
-- Cannibal victim identified
-- Did bath salts play role in face eating attack?
-- Details emerge on Rudy Eugene's final hours
-- Face eating victim has long recovery ahead
-- Girlfriend: Attacker wasn't a ''zombie''
-- Fund set up to help victim Ronald Poppo
-- Friends recall Rudy Eugene's last words to them
-- Brain researcher on cannibal attack
-- Gloria Allred involved in cannibal case
-- Last known picture of cannibal attack victim
-- "Zombie attack" talk grows online after gory incidents
-- 911 calls describe man "acting like Tarzan"
-- Report: Cannibal was carrying Bible at time of attack
-- Hospital: Ronald Poppo is awake, alert
-- Victim speaks about attack

-- GRAPHIC PHOTOS: South Beach cannibal attack
-- MORE: Ronald Poppo's first hospital pictures
-- Notorious cannibals in history

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MIAMI (AP) - Callers to 911 reported seeing a naked man swinging from a light pole along the MacArthur Causeway minutes before a face-eating attack on a homeless man.

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: South Beach cannibal victim photos

The Miami Herald reports the first 911 call came at 1:53 p.m. on May 26 from a motorist who said a "completely naked man" was "acting like Tarzan" on the causeway. A second motorist called a minute later, saying there was a man "as naked as a jaybird" along the road.

Police say 31-year-old Rudy Eugene attacked 65-year-old Ronald Poppo minutes later. During the attack Eugene stripped off Poppo's clothes and chewed most of his face off before he was shot and killed by a police officer. Police have not released a motive for the attack.

Poppo remains hospitalized in Miami.

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