Villalobos later claimed to have pet one of the tigers before it backed off, Sessa added.

CNN: NYPD: Tigers' den jumper not drunk or crazy

Investigators are trying to determine whether it was a suicide, said Brian Sessa, a spokesman for the New York Police Department.

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Villalobos suffered a broken right shoulder, broken rib, collapsed lung, broken ankle, broken pelvis and puncture wounds, according to police spokesman Brian Sessa.

CNN: NYPD: Tigers' den jumper not drunk or crazy