Drugs may have fueled Miami cannibalism incident
In this image taken from video, Miami police officers stand watch near a naked man, second from right, who was shot dead by a police officer when he refused to stop chewing on the face of the naked man next to him, partially obscured by a railing, on the MacArthur Causeway ramp onto Northeast 13th Street in Miami, May 26, 2012. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital. Police say neither man's identity is known. Credit: AP
The episode of cannibalism on Miami's MacArthur Causeway on Saturday may have been the result of an LSD-like drug known as "bath salts," an emergency room physician at Jackson Memorial Hospital told The Miami Herald.
"Cocaine-induced psychosis" could also explain why Rudy Eugene, 31, continued to eat the face of another man despite police orders to stop, a police source told the paper. Eugene was shot to death by police after refusing to obey their commands.
The victim, who has yet to be identified and is believed, like Eugene, to be homeless, is in critical condition at Jackson Memorial.
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