Mets fan critically injured after fight in Dodger Stadium parking lot
A New York Mets fan left Dodger Stadium in critical condition Friday night, Los Angeles police say, after a parking lot fight between Dodgers and Mets fans following Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
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Authorities are still looking for the person or persons responsible. ABC-7 in L.A. has more details on what happened:
Witnesses said the New York Mets fan was punched and then fell, hitting his head. The fight happened in the stadium parking lot after the National League Division Series opener between the two teams. People rushed to help the victim and one person, Maria Cerecer, caught the scene on camera.
“I walked closer and there was a gentleman on the floor and was bleeding profusely from the head. We got free rally towels that night, so they were holding the rally towels to his head,” she said.
Witnesses said the suspect was a tall man with blond hair.
This sort of thing is a travesty in any sports stadium in America, but it weighs even heavier at Dodger Stadium, where San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow was beaten to the point of traumatic brain injury on opening day 2011. The Stow case made national headlines, with the Dodgers ultimately being found partially negligent in a civil case and being ordered to pay $13.9 million in damages to Stow.
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The injured Mets fan remained hospitalized Tuesday, in critical but stable condition. The Dodgers offered no comment on the matter to the Los Angeles Times.
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