Bryan Stow
Bryan Stow, a Santa Clara, California area paramedic and San Francisco Giants fan, who suffered brain damage in an attack during the Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers opening day game in March 2011, leaves the Los Angeles County-USC Medical center, May 16, 2011, for transport to Burbank airport where he will be flown to San Francisco to continue his recovery. REUTERS

Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday charged two suspects in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodgers Stadium while also admitting their first suspect was the wrong person.

The case in question involves the near fatal encounter between Bryan Stow, a San Francisco paramedic, who was beaten into a coma on opening day. On Monday, Stow, 42, had emergency surgery after large amounts of fluid built up and caused a 30 second seizure, according to Support4bryanstow.com, a website run by his family.

On Friday, the site said a nurse practitioner said Stow cold hold up two fingers, close and open his eyes on command, and mouth his last name.

Prosecutors charged two men from Rialto, California - Louie Sanchez, 29, and Marvin Norwood, 30 - with one count each of mayhem and assault and were being held on $500,000 bail after being arrested Thursday.

Giovanni Ramirez, 31, an ex-convict and former gang member, was cleared of suspicion by police, who said he was no longer a suspect. He was initially arrested in May but remains in jail because of a parole violation.

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