Bronx Zoo tiger attack: Mahopac man wanted to 'be one' with tiger, NYPD says

Originally published: September 22, 2012 11:43 AM
Updated: October 11, 2012 8:23 PM
By NIK BONOPARTIS AND BETTY MING LIU nik.bonopartis@cablevision.com

Photo credit: AP/Facebook.com | David Villalobos, 25, of Mahopac, was mauled by a tiger after he jumped from a monorail into the animal's enclosure at the Bronx Zoo. The three Amur tiger cubs shown here were photographed at the Bronx Zoo on Sept. 20, 2010. (Sept. 21, 2012)

New York City police intend to arrest a Mahopac man who told them he wanted to "be one" with a 400-pound tiger that mauled him at the Bronx Zoo Friday.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Saturday that David Villalobos, 25, told investigators that he deliberately leaped into a zoo exhibit.

Police had said earlier that Villalobos admitted to police that he'd made a conscious decision to jump...

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