A 28-year-old man is in police custody after two people were shot at the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade.
CBS News reported Brandon Ramos was arrested after firing a gun and injuring two women on Friday, February 14, on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. One of the women had reportedly cut in line at a restroom before Ramos pulled the trigger. Ramos was charged with aggravated assault, possessing an instrument of crime, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
Both women were transferred to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and are currently stable.
The shooting happened as the Eagles and fans in the city celebrated the team’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 9. The Chiefs had previously announced they would not hold a public celebration if they won the game. In 2024, one person was killed and 24 were injured after a mass shooting near the Chiefs’ parade route following their win over the San Francisco 49ers.
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Philadelphia schools were closed on Friday so children and their families could attend the parade. Per a video taken by 94WIP host Eliot Shorr-Parks, the parade officially began at 11 a.m. ET, though fans had fully crowded the parade route before 7 a.m. Before things kicked off some fans roasted a pig meant to resemble Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was among the first to show up for the Valentine’s Day parade, joined by his fiancée Bry Burrows and wearing a shirt that read, “Love, Hurts.”
Meanwhile, Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson surprised fans with his own sweatshirt, which read “Swifties Can LIX My Balls” — a reference to Super Bowl LIX as well as Taylor Swift, who is dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Plenty of people had something to say in response to Gardner-Johnson’s shirt on social media. One person wrote, “Imagine reaching the pinnacle of your career, winning the Super Bowl, and instead of acting like a champ, you’re out here fixated on Kelce’s ex and now Swift. Pathetic. You’ve got a ring, but clearly no dignity. Stay bitter, I guess.”
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Gardner-Johnson sparked a war with Swift’s fans soon after the Super Bowl when he shared a photo of himself taunting Kelce on social media. “Should’ve Stayed with that thick s—,” Gardner-Johnson wrote, apparently referencing Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole, who broke up with the tight end in 2022 — at least one year before he and Swift began dating.
“I didn’t say that I didn’t want them to win. I have the Chiefs winning. They’re going to win. It’s going to be a three-peat. Patrick Mahomes is going to get the job done. I never, never bet against Patty Mahomes, period,” Nicole exclusively told Us Weekly before the Super Bowl on February 6.
“I remember specifically when the Patriots were winning year after year, I said the same thing,” she said at the time. “When the Celtics were doing it. Said the same thing. It just happens. I’m ready to see history be made.”
