Suspect identified in assault during NFC Championship game
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KION-TV)- A suspect has been arrested for allegedly assaulting someone outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood shortly after kickoff of the NFC Championship game, Inglewood Police said.
In a news conference Friday, Inglewood Mayor James Butts said 33-year-old Cifuentes Alexis, a Los Angeles resident was charged with a felony count of assault by means to produce great bodily injury.
Alexis was arrested Thursday and was released from jail early Friday morning after posting $30,000 bail.
Butts said that 40-year-old Daniel Luna, a restaurant owner from Oakland, was found injured after tape showed two men getting into a shoving match.
Lunas was wearing a 49ers jersey and mingling with friends when he allegedly shoved a man wearing a Rams jersey from behind.
Alexis then pushes and punches Luna from behind in the mouth area causing Luna to fall and hit his head on the ground.
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Luna remains in a medically induced coma as of Friday with extensive injuries to his face and upper body.
“To be blunt about it, it looked like a small altercation that went very bad from one punch and someone hitting their head on the ground,” said Butts.
