River Rosenquist Biography – Wiki
River Rosenquist, A cleaning worker who was bitten by an endangered tiger at a Florida zoo after putting his arm into the enclosure could be criminally charged, police have said.
Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan, was fatally shot by responding officers at Naples Zoo when it would not release the man’s arm from its jaws of him.
Age
River Rosenquist has died at the age of 26-years-old.
Shot & Killed By Tiger
Graphic body camera video captured the moment a police officer shot and killed a tiger at a Florida zoo after it attacked a maintenance worker, who was heard yelling “I’m going to die!” in a chilling call to 911.
River Rosenquist, 26, is now facing possible criminal charges for entering an unauthorized area at the Naples Zoo, where the tiger, named Eko, clenched his jaw on his hand, ABC News reported.
The worker, who works for an outside contractor, was trying to pet or feed the 8-year-old Malayan tiger on Wednesday when he grabbed his arm and pulled him into the compound, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
The harrowing footage shows the bloodied Rosenquist screaming in agony as an officer kicks the cage in a desperate attempt to make the beast free the worker, The US Sun reported.
But after failing to scare Eko, the officer shoots the tiger, which retreats to the back of the enclosure and then dies.
Rosenquist was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, where he was listed in good condition, according to the US Sun.
In a recording of his 911 call posted online by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the worker is heard telling the dispatcher that he was sorry and he was afraid he was about to die.
“I’m at the Naples Zoo! I’m being attacked by a tiger, ”he yells in a high-pitched voice that the dispatcher mistakes for a woman.
“I’m being attacked by a tiger! Please help! Please! Please! Please help! I don’t have much left!” He yells as the dispatcher tells him that rescuers are on their way.
“Please hurry! He’s going to rip my arm off!” Rosenquist continues on the call, which captured the disgusting sounds of the attack.
You have to shoot him! You have to shoot, please! “he pleads he desperately.
Rosenquist, a contract worker with HMI Commercial Cleaning, was part of a team that cleans the restrooms and gift shop at the Naples Zoo in Caribbean Gardens, the Naples News reported.
Police and zoo officials said he must have scaled a 4.5-foot fence and approached the cage before being mutilated, according to the news outlet.
The sheriff’s office said Thursday it is working with state and federal authorities to investigate the “serious encounter” and determine whether Rosenquist will be charged with criminal charges, ABC News reported.
The worker was possibly stroking or feeding the tiger, “which are unauthorized and dangerous activities,” the sheriff’s office said, according to the outlet.
“Initial reports indicate that the tiger grabbed the man’s arm and pulled him into the enclosure after the man broke through an initial fence barrier and put his arm through the fence of the tiger enclosure,” he added.
Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said in a statement that the “officer did everything he could in that situation and ultimately made the only possible decision that he could to save this man’s life.”
In a statement, the zoo said it plans to create an endangered animal found in Eko’s name, The US Sun reported.
