San Jose Man Arrested After a Viral Parking-Lot Beating at the 49ers-Raiders Game
Stephan Ramirez, 32, of San Jose was arrested on suspicion of felony assault and an outstanding warrant. Santa Clara police said 11 people were arrested and 45 were ejected from the grounds, and that several incidents remain under investigation.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Photo: David290 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
A man caught on camera punching and kicking an unconscious person Sunday in a parking lot outside Levi's Stadium has been arrested, Santa Clara police said, the Press Democrat reported.
Police identified the suspected assailant as Stephan Ramirez, 32, of San Jose. He was arrested on suspicion of felony assault and an outstanding warrant. "The Santa Clara Police Department shares the community's outrage over the violence at Sunday's 49ers-Raiders game at Levi's Stadium," police said. "Rivalry is never an excuse for criminal behavior."
Footage of the incident went viral, police said. Multiple incidents of "fan-on-fan violence" were reported at the game. Authorities arrested 11 people and ejected 45 from the grounds, according to Santa Clara police Lt. Eric Lagergren. Several of the incidents remain under investigation.
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Police said Ramirez was taken into custody at his home and also had an outstanding warrant. The video showed a man punching and kicking an unconscious person in the parking lot.
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