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Last Sunday at the Cincinnati Zoo…families with children and strollers, took advantage of the mild, spring weather and packed the walkways at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Sadly, several families suddenly found themselves trapped in almost a half an hour of panic—that must have felt like an eternity…as many stood frozen in terror, as a man began screaming that he was going to kill people, if he could not find his son. The man threatened to slit their throats and he threatened to shoot them.
The man’s wife had taken their son and left the Zoo, due to his behavior—though the man insisted someone had kidnapped his son.
Witnesses describe him making verbal threats to harm people—using language about killing—while stripping off layers of clothing and fumbling with a small backpack. His behavior wasn’t just erratic, it was escalating, and families in that crowd knew it. You can hear it in how they described it—alarming, chaotic, and directed at random visitors, including themselves.
Unsure if the man was an EDP in crisis, overly intoxicated or under the influence, the man continually threatened to kill them, while making furtive
movements toward his backpack—the same backpack multiple witnesses focused on as the center of concern.
At that point, Officers were on the way—witness could hear the sirens coming…getting closer…every second stretching longer for the families standing there with their children, waiting for Officers to arrive and take control of a situation that was clearly spiraling.
But before Officers arrived…a trusty staff member retrieved the deranged man’s backpack—and continually attempted to give it back to him.
One witness even intervened—asking that the bag be kept separate given the nature of the threats—and was told by the employee, that he was “trained for this,” before the effort to hand the bag back to the disturbed man continued.
A man making threats about killing people…in a crowded zoo…fumbling with a bag that could have contained a weapon—and the decision was made to put that bag back in his hands, by a Zoo employee.
The man’s threats threats included stabbing or shooting—and witnesses describe them as serious, direct, and alarming enough to stop families in their tracks—then every second that bag remained accessible mattered.
Because had that bag contained a weapon, this doesn’t stay a close call—it
becomes something else entirely. Something irreversible.
Thankfully, it didn’t.
But that outcome wasn’t guaranteed by the decisions being made in that moment by the Zoo’s “trained employee.”
It was luck.
So next time you have a psychotic zoo visitor threatening to kill people, perhaps consider NOT giving him his bag back, that might contain a deadly weapon mmmkay?
Pics below show the shirtless man, as well as the guy who was, “trained for this,” attempting to give the man back his bag, while families stood there, frozen in terror.
Bad form.
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