Exotic Incident #661
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Dallas, TX - USA
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18/03/2004
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Summary:
Jabari, a 13-year-old western lowland gorilla, escaped from his two-acre enclosure at the Dallas Zoo and attacked several people before charging at police officers, who fired three shots, killing him. Jabari bit a 26-year-old mother and her 3-year-old son several times and threw them against a wall. Two others were also injured during the gorilla’s 40-minute rampage. Police evacuated about 300 people from the zoo compound.