A 28-year-old man is in police custody after two people were shot at the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade.
According to CBS News, Brandon Ramos was taken into custody after he fired a gun, injuring two women on Friday, February 14, on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. One of the women allegedly jumped the queue at a restroom, which led Ramos to shoot. Ramos is facing charges of aggravated assault, possession of a crime weapon, simple assault, and reckless endangerment of another person.
Both women were transferred to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and are currently stable.
The incident occurred during celebrations for the Eagles’ victory over the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 9. While the Chiefs had decided not to have a public celebration had they won the game, there was a tragedy in 2024 when one individual was killed and 24 others were hurt in a mass shooting close to the Chiefs’ parade route after defeating the San Francisco 49ers.
In light of the parade, Philadelphia schools shut down on Friday to enable students and their families to participate. A video taken by 94WIP host Eliot Shorr-Parks revealed that the parade officially started at 11 a.m. ET, although fans had already packed the parade route by 7 a.m. Before the event started, some fans even cooked a pig 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.”
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.”
