10:30pm: The 49ers announced that White’s surgery was successful, per Barrows, though the team put no timetable on his return.
7:13pm: 49ers defensive lineman Keion White was shot in the ankle during an event in San Francisco early this morning, per NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco.
The player is currently undergoing surgery. According to ESPN’s Nick Wagoner, the injuries are not considered to be life-threatening nor career-threatening.
According to Maiocco, the shooting occurred at approximately 4am in an establishment on Mission Street in San Francisco. Police said the shooting followed an altercation between two groups, per Matt Barrows of The Athletic. White was not believed to have been involved in the altercation. It’s uncertain if the event was related to the Super Bowl, although the player’s social media showed that he was in the stands for the game.
The 49ers released a statement acknowledging the shooting and the player’s surgery. The team stated that they would “provide further updates when appropriate.” San Francisco police spokesman Evan Sernoffsky said that “officers are working diligently on this investigation” and were “following multiple leads” (via Barrows).
A 2023 second-round pick, White spent the first two-plus seasons of his career with the Patriots, including a 2024 campaign where he compiled five sacks. He was dealt to the 49ers ahead of this year’s deadline, and he proceeded to get into nine games (two starts) with his new squad, tallying 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
In August of 2024, then-49ers rookie wideout Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest during a robbery attempt in San Francisco. Pearsall eventually made a full recovery.
whats with all these niners gettin shot?
damn. they turned SF into a f’ing warzone
Its California.
A very, very small part of California. That is still 31st by crime rate, behind places like San Antonio, Houston, Nashville, Kansas City and Memphis. Doesn’t matter what city you’re in, nothing good happens after midnight.
All red mayors too huh
Literally where? Don’t know of a single major city run by Republicans these days. Get a clue.
This seems like one of those things that people say because of their feelings, not because they actually cared to look it up. There are definitely more Democratic mayors, but the number of Republican mayors is not zero.
“As of February 2026, the partisan breakdown of the mayors of the 100 largest U.S. cities is 67 Democrats, 22 Republicans, one Libertarian, three independents, and five nonpartisans. Two mayors’ partisan affiliations are unknown.”
I said major cities, and the one using feelings is you.
Definitely wouldn’t be bragging about your ridiculously gentrified and unaffordable city having lower crime rates than notoriously violent cities.
My point is that large cities, regardless of politics, have crime. It’s what happens when you cram hundreds of thousands of people together. SF is not unique or even close to the worst, yet is often portrayed as such because of political bullshit.
You really don’t have a point. SF is the most gentrified city in America by far. It’s not even a real city at this point. It’s a playground for the rich that only has crime because the people running it want to use their policies to virtue signal.
There’s no comparison.
SF is a sh*thole. Seriously.
Hopefully nothing that ruins career, but 9ers must have the most shot up team. Getting insane.
Nothing good happens at [4] a.m.
— Herm Edwards
49ers catching strays
It was a stripper party. He got in a fight with someone in Lil’ Baby’s entourage.
That is exactly what happened, according to the San Francisco Standard as cited by SFgate. Lil’ Baby was performing at the club after the Super Bowl which was held down the road in Santa Clara.
White — who posted on his Instagram from the game site — was traded by New England to San Francisco on October 29.
Remember when they use to tell us that bad things only happened in Oakland?
Trying talking a walk in Tenderloin. Horrifying. You can sell drugs openly, poop on the sidewalk, drop dead from an overdose, but you get ticketed for being 1 minute late on the parking meter. Insane.
Time to get rid of that electrical substation
Mid season form
I’ve lived in San Francisco for a long time: Mission Street at 4am, the Devil himself would be looking over his shoulder if he were there…
The two 49er shootings could not be more different. Pearsall was attacked, 1-1, late on a Sunday afternoon in the downtown high-end shopping district. The street was quiet because most of the shops were closing, and the banger spotted Pearsall’s Rolex (yes, he’s a prior convicted banger).
Keion White was shot at 4am in what is a hornets-nest of drug activity. Dealin’ is a competitive business and it seems two gangs went at it and White was caught in the crossfire. Maybe uber dropped him off at the wrong address 🙃