Police sources confirmed that the attacker was 31-year-old Rudy Eugene.

 

The man he attacked remained in extremely critical condition Sunday night at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Much of his face was gone, the skin ripped away, the nose bitten and the eyes gouged.

 

What remained was his goatee and little else.

 

Photos of the scene with Eugene and his victim quickly went viral on the Internet Monday.

“We’re hoping that he pulls through, for his well-being, but also so he can tell us what happened,” said Sgt. Javier Ortiz, vice president of the Miami police union. “Only he knows.”

 

The victim still had not been officially identified Monday.

 

The macabre scene unfolded about 2 p.m. Saturday on the MacArthur Causeway’s off-ramp to Biscayne Boulevard just south of the Miami Herald building. A Road Ranger spotted the men and shouted on his loudspeaker for the naked attacker to back away.

 

Eugene left behind few clues as to what could have prompted the attack. According to court records, he married Jenny Ductant on Dec. 15, 2005, in Hollywood. The marriage ended in divorce after a little more than two years.

 

“I wouldn’t say he had mental problem but he always felt like people was against him . .. No one was for him, everyone was against him,” his ex-wife said.

 

He had just one arrest to suggest serious violence. Miami Beach police arrested him on a battery charge when he was 16, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The charge was later dropped.

 

He was arrested seven other times over five years. Court records show that one was for misdemeanor battery, one was for vending near a school, one was for trespassing and four involved marijuana.

 

The last case came in September 2009. In January, the charge was dropped.

 

During Saturday’s attack, an officer approached and told Eugene to get off his victim, but Eugene ignored the order and kept chewing, even after the officer shot him once.

 

The officer fired again, hitting him several more times, eventually killing him. The name of that officer was not released.

 

Days later, the chatter, theories and questions continued. The ghoulish event even spawned a Twitter account, dubbed The Miami Zombie.

 

Police theorized earlier that it was “cocaine psychosis,” a drug-induced craze that bakes the body internally and often leads those it affects to strip naked to try to cool off.

 

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美国当地时间5月28日，据迈阿密先驱报报道，迈阿密“食脸男”的身份已经被警方确定。这位在大街上公然啃食路人脸部的人叫鲁迪·尤金，今年31岁。

 

由于尤金已经被警方击毙，所以目前得到的信息十分稀少。根据法庭记录，尤金在2005年曾与Jenny Ductant结婚，但他们在2年之后就离婚了。他的前妻对媒体说：“我不能说他精神有问题，但他认为全世界都与他对着干”

 

在16岁时，尤金曾因袭击被捕，但并未起诉。最近的5年中，他曾7次被捕，一次因为轻度攻击行为，一次因为在学校附近摆摊，一次非法穿行，4次则和大麻有关。他一次被起诉是2009年9月，但最终起诉被撤销。

 

上周六，尤金在高速高路的匝道附近袭击了一名流浪汉，啃食他的面部。一位附近的警察接警后试图阻止尤金，阻止无效后开枪将正在施暴的尤金射杀。

 

目前，受害者正在医院治疗，他的脸大部分已经被咬掉，眼球和鼻子都有严重损伤。他的身份目前还没有确定。

 

之前警方曾将尤金施暴的原因归于他患上了“可卡因精神病”，而网上对于此事的议论、揣测甚嚣尘上。在Twitter上这件事还有一个专门的账号：“迈阿密僵尸”。