Search is on for two Dodgers fans who savagely attacked Giants fan, leaving him in a coma
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Last updated at 10:15 PM on 5th April 2011
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Police are still searching for the Dodgers fans who savagely beat a Giants fan leaving him in a coma, after the season opener on Thursday.
The attack took place in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Dodgers' stadium on Bryan Stow, who is now in a medially induced coma.
The Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants, who Mr Stow is a fan of. On his way back to his car after the game, he was attacked from behind by two men in Dodgers gear.
Baseball fan: Bryan Stow has been placed in a medically induced coma after being attacked by Dodgers fans after a Baseball game
Baseball fan: Bryan Stow has been placed in a medically induced coma after being attacked by Dodgers fans after a Baseball game
Wanted: Police have released sketches of the two men they believe to be the attackers and offered an award of $50,000, which increased from $10,000
Wanted: Police have released sketches of the two men they believe to be the attackers and offered an award of $50,000, which increased from $10,000 in a matter of days through donations
They punched him in the back of the head and then when he fell to the ground they kicked him in the head.
The victims brother-in-law David Collins said: 'Two guys came out of nowhere. Both of them pushed Bryan from behind, he never saw them coming and Bryan fell forward and hit his head on the concrete and was immediately knocked unconscious.'
LAPD Sgt Sanford Rosenberg told reporters that the victim was one of three Giants fans attacked in the parking lot by two men in Dodger garb. He said the attack - which involved kicking and punching the men and shouting expletives about the Giants - was unprovoked.
Mr Stow, 42, a paramedic, has had part of his skull removed to reduce the swelling.
Mr Collins said: 'Bryan spends his whole life, every day of his life, saving people's lives and now we are praying for his life.'
His ex-wife Jacqueline Kain said: 'Those pathetic cowards have taken away his time with his children.'
Cowards: The victim's Bother-in-law said that Bryan was attacked from behind as he was walking to his car and beaten up by two men who then ran away
Cowards: The victim's Bother-in-law said that Bryan was attacked from behind as he was walking to his car and beaten up by two men who then ran away
Los Angeles County officials, along with contributions from both baseball teams, are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the pair.
Los Angeles detectives have released sketches of the assailants, described as Latino men between 18 and 25. They said the men fled the scene in a four-door sedan, driven by a woman, with a young boy inside.
Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt said that the attack had marred 'an otherwise fantastic day'.
On the day of the attack, 72 Dodgers fans were arrested.
Mayors and other leaders condemned the violence which occurred on the opening-day at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M Lee, police chiefs and officials from both cities said the beating that two men in Dodger gear gave Bryan Stow was 'unconscionable behaviour that will not be tolerated in either city. Once apprehended, the attackers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.'
The officials praised the storied rivalry between the Dodgers and Giants, but said it needed to remain on the field.
'We call on our respective citizens to stand together in honour of that rivalry as you have done throughout the years. Root hard for your teams, and do so with civility and common decency,' they said.
The stadium has been plagued by opening day violence in the past.
In April 2009, a man stabbed his friend in the stadium parking lot after the home opener, in which the Dodgers. Arthur Alvarez said he acted in self defence and was acquitted by a jury.
The West Coast rivalry began on April 18, 1958, the first game played in California after both teams had moved from New York.
The Dodgers beat the Giants 6-5 in a game played before nearly 79,000 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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