{"id":741677,"date":"2026-02-10T03:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/741677\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T03:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:08:39","slug":"49ers-keion-white-shot-in-ankle-in-early-morning-hours-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/741677\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers&#8217; Keion White shot in ankle in early morning hours in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 San Francisco 49ers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/01\/20\/49ers-offseason-pass-rush-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defensive end Keion White<\/a> was shot in the ankle early Monday in San Francisco, though the injury is not believed to be serious.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers said in a statement that White \u201cwas a victim of a shooting\u201d and is undergoing surgery at a local hospital. The team said it would provide further updates when appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>White, 29, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/10\/28\/source-49ers-trade-for-defensive-end-who-was-patriots-draft-bust\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired in October from the New England Patriots<\/a> for a sixth-round draft pick. He appeared in nine games for San Francisco, making two starts and recording 12 tackles and 1 1\/2 sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Drafted in the second round in 2023 out of Georgia Tech, the 6-foot-5, 290-pound defensive end \u2014 who played 319 snaps for the 49ers in 2025 \u2014 remains under contract through the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco police said officers were called just after 4 a.m. to a business on Mission Street near 13th Street for reports of a shooting and found a victim with an apparent gunshot wound. The person was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, according to Officer Paulina Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the shooting followed an argument between two groups inside the business. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p>White attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/02\/08\/super-bowl-60-seahawks-patriots-score-levis-stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl 60<\/a> on Sunday and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUi0ciridE8\/?img_index=12&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shared photos on Instagram<\/a> on Monday, including one of him wearing a Patriots cap in the north end zone stands. Fans left messages wishing him well in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>White is the second 49ers player be shot in San Francisco in the past two years. Wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/08\/31\/reports-49ers-wide-receiver-ricky-pearsall-shot-in-san-francisco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky Pearsall was shot<\/a> in the chest during a robbery attempt Aug. 31, 2024. He was hospitalized overnight and later returned to play 11 games as a rookie first-round draft pick out of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to the case is asked to contact the San Francisco Police Department at 415-575-4444.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 San Francisco 49ers defensive end Keion White was shot in the ankle early Monday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[220,14018,375,390,2604,1327,7,7900,249,6,54199,11674,505,23840],"class_list":["post-741677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-cardinals","tag-49ers","tag-ankle","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-arizonacardinals","tag-cardinals","tag-football","tag-keion-white","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-ricky-pearsall-jr","tag-shot","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-60"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116044136859311241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}