EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Gorilla runs toward child who"s fallen into enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo

4 Year Old Falls into Enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla Shot and Killed

Photos taken at the Cincinnati Zoo Saturday show a gorilla"s reaction aftera 4-year-old boy crawled through a railing and fell into a moat in his habitat Saturday.

Harambe, a 400-pound, 17-year-old male lowland gorilla, was inside a cave when the boy got into the Gorilla World enclosure.

VIDEO: Harambe handles boy who"s gotten into enclosure

The boy was inside the enclosure for more than 10 minutes before the gorilla was shot dead and the boy was rescued.

The boy was hospitalized with serious injuries.

The photos below show the moment Harambe first heard the screams from onlookers when the boy fell into the moat.

In the first photo, he pokes his head out of the cave.

Then he runs toward the moat, where the boy fell.

He looks down at the boy.

And then he looks back at the crowd gathered on the other side of the railing.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Gorilla runs toward child who"s fallen into enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo

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In the first photo, Harambe pokes his head out of the cave.

Officials said that Harambe climbed into the moat, grabbed the boy and tossed him around his enclosure until a dangerous animal response team shot and killed him.

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