LAPD Arrests Suspect In Giant Beating

These are sketches of the two suspects,
Ramirez, left was arrested Sunday morning.

It has been seven weeks since the San Francisco Giants opened their title defense at Chavez Ravine against the hated rival Los Angeles Dodgers. The events that took place that March night go far behind the importance of a baseball game. Paramedic and long-time Giants fan Bryan Stow drove down from his home in Santa Cruz with a couple of friends to watch his team open the 2011 season as World Series champions for the first time since their move to San Francisco. He never thought the night was end the way it did.

    Following the Giants 2-1 loss, Stow and his friends were walking out of Dodger Stadium when two unidentified males wearing Dodgers apparel sucker punched Stow from behind, knocking him to the ground. The two males continued to beat Stow while he lay defenseless on the ground. They were then picked up by a white Mitsubishi or Acrua and fled the scene of the crime.

    The driver of the vehicle is said to be a female in her 20's wearing an Andre Ethier jersey.

    Since the beating Stow, who is a father of two, had been put into a medically induced comma and is listed in critical condition. Stow, 42, suffered severe fractures to the skull and if he wakes up, might never be the same. Stow was released earlier this month from the County-USC Medical Center and allowed to be moved closer to home to continue his treatment.

    The reward for finding the two suspects had grown to $200,000 and the Los Angeles Police Department made a huge break in the case. After receiving a tip from a local parole officer, LAPD arrested thirty-one-year old Givoanni Ramirez as the primary aggressor Sunday morning. The police are still looking for the second suspect and woman who was driving the vehicle as they are still at large.

Our thoughts and prayers are
with the Stow Family.

The news comes with some satisfaction for the Stow Family as at least one of the suspects will be brought to justice. Stow's sister Erin Collins had this to say following the arrest of Ramirez, "We never  gave up hope that this day would come, that the beginning of justice being served would happen."

    If you have any information regarding the suspects and their whereabouts please contact the Los Angeles Police Department. Justice will be served with a special place in hell for people like Ramirez and his accomplices.