Thread: The Zombie apocalypse begins!

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/2...macarthur.html

Summary: Naked Man eats another mans face, is shot six times before being killed. Floridians, beware!

Doesn't bother me.

This is too weird to make fun of. Must have been a pretty strong man. I do wonder though if the police officer will get into trouble - not that I wish him that, but 6 shots with the risk of actually shooting the victim?
Hard to imagine this. Was hitting him unconscious on the head not possible?

Originally Posted by Rouven

I do wonder though if the police officer will get into trouble - not that I wish him that, but 6 shots with the risk of actually shooting the victim?

I'm relatively inexperienced, and I can empty a mag at a target that's only 3 inches across and hit it every time from 20 feet away. An officer trained to use his gun should have no trouble putting his bullets where he wants them. It seems scary, but the eaten man wasn't in much danger from the cop.

Originally Posted by Rouven

Was hitting him unconscious on the head not possible?

Probably not, at least not safely.

I mean, if you see what appears to be a naked person eating another person, as a cop you're going to assume high levels of drugs are in that person's system. That means they're probably immune to pain, so normal restraints and deterrents aren't very effective. In a crazed state like that you don't want to get within reach of the person, either.


Personally, I would have tazed the freak, but it's possible the officer didn't have a tazer. The first shot (which apparently didn't help) was probably meant to disable the guy or scare him off without killing him. It sounds like the officer only killed him when that didn't work.

Originally Posted by sir-rinthian

I'm relatively inexperienced, and I can empty a mag at a target that's only 3 inches across and hit it every time from 20 feet away. An officer trained to use his gun should have no trouble putting his bullets where he wants them. It seems scary, but the eaten man wasn't in much danger from the cop.

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Well, I did get my - what we called - "golden" marksmanship badge back in the day in the army, although the pistol was the worst for me. However I was more thinking in terms of rules of engagement.

Anyways, I wish the cop the best - likely a very unique experience to say the least.

Good on the cop. If someone was trying to eat my face I'd want them shot.

Don't startle the witch!!!

My advice, don't do cocaine, the man eating the other man's face was probably under that effect, they tend to remove their clothes to cool off, this guy turned into a complete zombie....just don't do cocaine.

I read about that this morning also. It's is incredibly sickening. It truly is just like a zombie horror movie, only this was real.

I don't know if the victim survives after losing 80% of his face, but what an awful way to die, and he was homeless on top of it all.

The policeman definitely did the right thing in shooting the other guy. He had to keep shooting him because he wouldn't stop.

Originally Posted by Stevo6

Good on the cop. If someone was trying to eat my face I'd want them shot.

Exactly. I hope the cop gets a medal and a pat on the back.

Followup: It takes guts to do what this guy did: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hack...at_police.html

Originally Posted by sir-rinthian

Followup: It takes guts to do what this guy did: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hack...at_police.html