Police say face eater may have been high on LSD

Miami police shot dead a naked man as he ate the face of another man police believe was homeless and lying down on the side of the road when he was attacked. The incident happened around 2:00pm local time Saturday near Miami's busy Biscayne Boulevard, just south of The Miami Herald building, the newspaper reported.

• Man shot dead after he was found eating man's face
• Police say he may have been high on new LSD
• "Inside their body their organs are burning up alive"

A MAN whose face and eyes were savagely bitten by a naked attacker in Miami remained in critical condition overnight, as police suggested that his assailant might have been on LSD.

Questions about what led to the grisly, mid-afternoon attack continued to swirl, but new details were emerging about the attacker, who was shot dead by police when he refused to move away from his victim.

Larry Vega told WSVN-TV he was riding his bicyce near the off-ramp of the MacArthur Causeway when he saw the naked man leaning over and taking bites of the man's face.

"And the guy was like tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!'" he said. "You know it's like the guy just kept eating the other guy away like ripping his skin."

Mr Vega said he managed to flag down a Miami Police officer.

"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," Mr Vega said.

A naked man was shot dead by police after eating another man's face off in Miami. Picture: Courtesy of Miami Herald CCTV

Source: HWT Image Library

Police believe the attacker was likely overdosing on a new potent form of LSD, the television station reported.

"What's happening is whenever we see that a person has taken all of his clothes off and has become violent, it's indicative of this excited delirium that's caused by overdose of drugs," said Armando Aguilar of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police. "What's happening is inside their body their organs are burning up alive."

The victim, who might have been homeless, remained in critical condition overnight, according to WSVN-TV.� Up to 75 percent of his face was missing and sources say they were "some of the worst injuries" they had ever seen.

The Miami Herald reported that the area where the victim was attacked is known to be frequented by homeless people, some of whom sleep there.� The incident happened across the street from the Herald's office building, and police have asked for the newspaper's surveillance video.

Police had also suggested the�victim may have been asleep when the attacker pounced.

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