LAPD Arrests Suspect in Brutal Beating of Giants Fan at Dodger Stadium

A man brought to the Northeast Community Police Station for questioning Sunday morning in the Dodger Stadium beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow is a likely suspect in the March 31 incident that has shocked the baseball world and prompted a $200,000 reward for information about the assailants.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the suspect was arrested following a raid by an LAPD SWAT team at a three-story apartment building in East Hollywood. The raid was evidently prompted by a tip from a parole officer about the suspect's whereabouts. (Click here to read the latest Times reporting on the topic.)

Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic from the San Francisco Bay Area, is no longer in a medically-induced coma because of his brutal beating. But he is still in critical condition in San Francisco, where he was moved this week.

Police will release more information at 4 p.m. at a news conference at Dodger Stadium.

Witnesses Sunday morning told a Times reporter that the man was bald and had tattoos on his neck like one of the two men suspected of Stow's near-fatal beating.

Earlier this week, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck revealed that a woman driving the getaway car was wearing a Dodgers jersey bearing Andre Ethier's number 16
jersey.

The reward in the case was also doubled from $100,000 to $200,000, and displayed on billboards around the city.

According to LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck, 17 detectives have been working on over 500 clues in the case.

Patch will be following this case and will have more details as the story develops.