{"id":743224,"date":"2026-02-10T20:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/743224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:39:23","slug":"protect-your-players-fans-react-to-shooting-of-nfl-player-after-super-bowl-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/743224\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Protect your players\u2019: Fans react to shooting of NFL player after Super Bowl 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"57YXUZGELNBC7GTM3DWTUALSL4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/eagles\/2026\/01\/eagles-49ers-5-things-to-know-about-nfc-wild-card-matchup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/eagles\/2026\/01\/eagles-49ers-5-things-to-know-about-nfc-wild-card-matchup.html\">San Francisco 49ers <\/a>defensive end Keion White is recovering after being shot early Monday night, raising concerns about player safety after two 49ers players have been shot within three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3SZZD5QVP5EVNGECPYCNJZB6LQ\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2026\/02\/09\/49ers-keion-white-shot-dispute-involving-rapper-lil-baby-sf-stripper-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2026\/02\/09\/49ers-keion-white-shot-dispute-involving-rapper-lil-baby-sf-stripper-party\/\">The San Francisco Standard<\/a>, White and his friends were holding a party at a San Francisco bar and nightclub when hip-hop artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/live-entertainment\/2025\/04\/the-biggest-rap-and-hip-hop-artists-on-tour-in-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/live-entertainment\/2025\/04\/the-biggest-rap-and-hip-hop-artists-on-tour-in-2025.html\">Lil Baby\u2019s<\/a> entourage tried to get into the event. White allegedly argued with Lil Baby. witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots, one of which hit White in the leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UF7H73IKJFANREGQHZN47EN64Y\">White was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury and is expected to recover. White\u2019s shooting is the second incident involving a 49ers player in less than two years. Wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/sports\/2025\/09\/nfl-riser-reborn-after-being-shot-and-nearly-killed-during-armed-robbery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/sports\/2025\/09\/nfl-riser-reborn-after-being-shot-and-nearly-killed-during-armed-robbery.html\">Ricky Pearsall<\/a> was shot in the chest during an armed robbery in the city Aug. 31, 2024. Pearsall survived but missed the first six games of his rookie season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MHWIRY4TINHKLLAE2AYJARM5IU\">San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said he was thankful that White will be OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DPZMGJ652FH43NEYZS5WKK5ZXA\">\u201cAny violent incident in our city is unacceptable, and I\u2019m hoping Keion recovers quickly,\u201d Lurie said via <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/49ers-defensive-lineman-keion-white-shot-ankle-super-bowl-event-san-francisco-espn-sources\/18576035\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/49ers-defensive-lineman-keion-white-shot-ankle-super-bowl-event-san-francisco-espn-sources\/18576035\/\">ABC 7 <\/a>in San Francisco. \u201cI\u2019ve spoken with SFPD and 49ers leadership \u2014 we are all grateful to our SFPD officers for their quick response. As always, I will continue working with San Francisco law enforcement to ensure our neighborhoods and our residents are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GEKMGWYV3FDYDMETIPYL2OSLUE\">Fans reacted to White being shot with disbelief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"22DO45J2HFF6BPFSAEPKTQSDNA\">\u201cWhat is happening to these 49ers bro,\u201d X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThatOneBosFan\/status\/2021020737696563455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThatOneBosFan\/status\/2021020737696563455\">@_iAM_sam_<\/a> said. \u201cProtect your players my God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HEFIONI7O5CLTH4N3MHUQYR7LM\">\u201cIf a Free Agent was smart, he wouldn\u2019t go to SF,\u201d X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ny152g\/status\/2021033287591113099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ny152g\/status\/2021033287591113099\">@ny152g<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TDHFGXAZMNE3JHTTG6JKFKNH2Y\">\u201cLegit question, is San Fran the hood or something?\u201d X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sports_feenz\/status\/2021031689187979328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sports_feenz\/status\/2021031689187979328\">@sports_feenz<\/a> asked. \u201cCause Full House had me fool the way these 49ers getting shot!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MJXKSZFFMBCCNBGXGAAYB3Z2VE\">White appeared in nine games for the 49ers in the 2025 season, finishing with 1.5 sacks, seven tackles, two tackles for loss and a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers defensive end Keion White is recovering after being shot early Monday night, raising concerns about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,31185,96625,242,109,2476],"class_list":["post-743224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-eagles","tag-eagles","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nflraw25","tag-nflraw26","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-philadelphiaeagles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116048269843008071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743224","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=743224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}