The Oakland restaurant proprietor who was hit within the head at Southern California’s SoFi Stadium throughout the 49ers-Rams playoff sport in January has woken up from a medically induced coma and is on the street to restoration, public relations advisor Sam Singer informed SFGATE on Wednesday.
Singer mentioned he spoke with Daniel Luna, 40, on Tuesday and the chef hopes to return to his Piedmont Avenue restaurant Mistura quickly.
“It was very heartening to know he’s nonetheless alive,” mentioned Singer, who has dined on the restaurant repeatedly over the previous 10 years. “He was close to loss of life, and he suffered substantial mind harm and bodily harm, and he’s on the way in which to restoration, however there’s nonetheless a protracted street forward of him. That is somebody who had extreme mind trauma and was in a medical coma for at the very least a month. Whereas his spirits have been excessive, he nonetheless has a approach to go.”
Singer mentioned Luna is in bodily remedy and strolling, and he shared a video clip displaying the restaurateur enjoying basketball.
The outside of Mistura restaurant on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland on Feb. 4. The restaurant’s proprietor, Daniel Luna, was bodily attacked at a 49ers playoff sport in Los Angeles.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATELuna was discovered sporting a 49ers jersey and with extreme accidents in car parking zone L at SoFi Stadium throughout the NFC championship sport on Jan. 30. He was put right into a medically induced coma.
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts mentioned surveillance video confirmed that Luna bought into an altercation within the car parking zone with one other particular person, who seemed to be sporting a yellow jersey with some blue in it.
Butts mentioned it appeared from the footage that Luna pushed the suspect from behind, after which the suspect retaliated by pushing Luna from behind after which punched Luna as soon as within the mouth space.
Authorities mentioned they used the footage to determine a suspect, and on Feb. 4, police arrested Bryan Alexis Cifuentes-Rossell, 33, a resident of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned Wednesday that Cifuentes-Rossell has been charged within the assault of Luna exterior SoFi Stadium.
Cifuentes-Rossell faces one felony depend of battery with severe bodily harm.
“We wish to proceed to make sure that our sporting occasions are secure for everybody,” mentioned District Legal professional George Gascon in a information launch. “We is not going to tolerate violent habits at what ought to have been a joyous event for our county.”
Flowers and a get-well be aware adorn the entrance door of Daniel Luna’s restaurant Mistura on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland on Feb. 4.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATELuna’s restaurant focuses on Peruvian fusion delicacies, and after information of his harm broke, there was an outpouring from the group, with many leaving notes and flowers exterior Mistura.
“Once I talked to him, he expressed happiness for all of the assist he and his spouse have acquired,” Singer mentioned.
