Police in Cincinnati, Ohio say they will be investigating a family whose boy entered a gorilla enclosure in a zoo last weekend, causing the zoo officials to fatally shoot the animal.
The 3-year-old boy, who remained unidentified, was visiting the zoo with his family Saturday when he slipped through a fence and fell some 15 feet to a shallow pool in the 450-pound gorilla’s enclosure.
The western lowland gorilla called Harambe dragged the boy through the shallow moat, then stopped and looked at the child, videos showed.
While some witnesses said the endangered gorilla was trying to help the boy and only tossed him into the corner after the crowd started shouting and screaming, others said the boy was dragged for about 10 minutes from one corner of the habitat to another.
On Tuesday, Cincinnati police said that their review “is only regarding the actions of the parents/family that led up to the incident and not related to the operation or safety of the…