Community Corner Man Beaten Into A Coma While FaceTiming Wife At Dodger Stadium Christel Reyna​ was helpless as her husband was attacked, but now she's asking for help bringing his attacker to justice. Reply Rafael Reyna is on life support after he was beaten amid a crowd at Dodger Stadium Saturday. (Shutterstock ) LOS ANGELES, CA — The family of a 47-year-old Dodgers fan beaten into a medically induced coma at Dodger Stadium Saturday is asking the community to help bring his attacker to justice.. Rafael Reyna's family is also asking for help with medical bills for the father of four who suffered a fractured skull as the crowd was leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-4, 13-inning loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks early Saturday. In the days since, Christel has been trying to piece together the details of the attack, which happened while she was on FaceTime with her husband. She told NBC4 she was on Facetime with Rafael Reyna when she heard a woman yell "Why did you do that?" as a man approached her husband and cursed at him. Then she heard a crack and the screen went black. Rafael Reyna was hospitalized at County/USC Medical Center for swelling and bleeding on the brain Later in an interview with ABC7, Christel Reyna made a tearful plea for anyone who saw what happened to contact police. "Somebody needs to come forward," she said. "I know people saw it. I heard them." She and an adult son have been with her husband at the hospital, but Reyna said she has not told her younger children, ages 11 to 15. A GoFundMe account has been set up for Reyna at www.gofundme.com/dodger-stadium-attack-victim-on-life-support.<doc-sep>LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Police are still looking for a man who attacked 45-year-old Rafael Reyna in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, leaving him on life support with a fractured skull. The suspect reportedly confronted Reyna as he walked to his car after Friday night’s extra innings game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Reyna was on the phone with his wife, Christel, when the attack happened. She told CBSLA in an emotional interview that she could hear someone yelling at her husband, and then heard a loud thump. She remained on the phone as strangers tended to her husband. The father of four was taken to County USC Medical Center where he was placed on life support, according to his wife. “I shouldn’t have to go through this, I shouldn’t have to be dealing with this. Whoever did this to him is out there having his life and my husband’s in here is fighting for his,” she said. Police believe that the suspect, who police believe to be in his 20s, drove off in a white SUV, possibly a Toyota 4Runner. “It’s very unfortunate that it did happen here and I feel for the family,” said Anna Galvin, a season ticket holder. Now Dodgers fans are wondering what the team is doing to make sure they’re safe, especially after night games. “I just feel sorry for him and his family. They need to do something better for security for reasons for people who come out to watch the game,” says Manuel Cruz, a fan who attended Sunday’s game. Christel Reyna is also left with many unanswered questions. “We’re a huge Dodger fan family and this is how they treat their fans?” she said through tears. The Dodgers haven’t said much about the attack only acknowledging that a fight broke out in the parking lot and EMTs were promptly dispatched. The LAPD says security has not been increased at the ballpark since the attack. A GoFundMe page has been created by his wife to help with medical expenses and she asks anyone with information on the attack to share what they know.<doc-sep>Los Angeles police are looking for a suspect after a man was severely injured in an altercation Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Rafael Reyna, a father of four, is on life support at a local hospital with head injuries, including a fractured skull, according to his wife. Christel Reyna said she was on the phone with her husband while he was at the stadium when she heard him arguing with someone and then heard a cracking sound. “I was hearing the arguing happening and then I heard like a smack, a crack… It sounded like a baseball bat, and then I heard him start moaning,” she told KABC. Related Articles Bryan Stow shares anti-bullying message with Northern California students A visit from Bryan Stow lifts the Giants’ spirits Bryan Stow’s attacker goes from smirking to begging for judge’s mercy Second man who beat Giants fan Bryan Stow in LA gets federal time Witnesses told security that another fan had struck him. Police reportedly are looking for a man in his 20s who fled in a white SUV. The Dodgers addressed the incident in a statement on Saturday. “Last night, an altercation occurred suddenly between two men who were leaving the stadium. One of the men was injured as a result of the altercation. A witness immediately reported the incident to stadium personnel, and emergency medical technicians were promptly dispatched to provide medical assistance at the scene. The matter is now being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Dodgers are cooperating fully with the investigation.” Dodger Stadium was the scene of an ugly Opening Day incident in 2011, when San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow was brutally attacked and wound up in a medically induced coma. Stow, now 50, was a paramedic at the time of the attack. Now, he still requires crutches to walk and talks at schools about the dangers of bullying. Two men were charged in that attack and later pleaded guilty in 2014. –Field Level Media<doc-sep>
Screenshot : CBSLA Rafael Reyna, a 47-year-old Dodgers fan, is on life support with a fractured skull and other head injuries after he was attacked in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium sometime after Friday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Cops say Reyna was punched in the head by another man and fell to the concrete. According to Christel Reyna, Rafael’s wife, she was on the phone with her husband as he made his way through the parking lot when a man started cursing at him over an incident with a woman. Shortly after Rafael told his wife he had no idea what that person was talking about, she heard something that sounded like the crack of a bat, which she now knows was his head hitting the ground of the parking lot. The Dodgers released the following statement to ESPN: “Last night, an altercation occurred suddenly between two men who were leaving the stadium,” the Dodgers said in a statement Saturday. “One of the men was injured as a result of the altercation. A witness immediately reported the incident to stadium personnel, and emergency medical technicians were promptly dispatched to provide medical assistance at the scene. The matter is now being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Dodgers are cooperating fully with the investigation.”﻿ Police have not made any arrests as of writing this post. This incident comes just under nine years after Giants fan Bryan Stow was also brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium and placed in a medically-induced coma to treat his injuries. He survived the attack but ended up suffering severe brain d amage. Once that attack made national headlines, the Dodgers supposedly made a commitment to improve stadium security to try and prevent these kinds of things from happening and had to split an $18 million judgment with Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, Stow’s attackers.