

Luna’s face was fractured and he was placed in a medically induced coma to prevent internal bleeding from swelling his brain, Butts said. It wasn’t like you had people ganging up on somebody and beating them.” “From one punch and someone falling, hitting their head on the ground. “It looked like a small altercation that went very bad,” he said. When Luna turned, the man punched him in the mouth, causing Luna to fall to the ground and hit the back of his head, Butts said, estimating that the encounter lasted less than five seconds. When Luna turned to walk away, the man pushed Luna back, the mayor said.

Luna, who owns a restaurant in Oakland, was mingling in a crowd of about 16 people at SoFi Stadium, most of them wearing what appeared to be 49ers jerseys, when he pushed a man wearing a Rams jersey from behind, Butts said Thursday after viewing the video.īefore that, Butts said, “there didn’t seem to be any hostilities.” The mayor said Friday that Luna’s condition had neither improved nor degraded.īutts said police sought the man who threw a punch in a brief fight based on a blurry video and the license plate of a car.

The 49ers fan, Daniel Luna, 40, had to be put into a medically induced coma after he was punched, fell and struck his head on the ground, according to Butts. It was not known if he retained a lawyer. Messages seeking comment were left at phone numbers and an email address believed to be associated with Cifuentes-Rossell but were not immediately returned. The mayor said the case will be presented to prosecutors. Investigators traced the suspect through a vehicle at the scene and after the suspect declined to come in, they went to him and he voluntarily came to the police station where he was advised of his rights, Inglewood Mayor James T.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend’s NFC championship game between the 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, authorities said Friday.īryan Alexis Cifuentes-Rossell, 33, was arrested for investigation of assault by means to produce great bodily injury and was released on $30,000 bail.
