Four men have been arrested for the February shooting of 49ers defensive lineman Keion White — but two of them still aren't in custody, raising fresh questions about whether the justice system can actually close the loop when a man gets gunned down at his own party.
White was hosting a private Super Bowl party at a San Francisco nightclub when, in the early hours of Feb. 9, multiple suspects with firearms confronted him. He took a bullet to the ankle, spent time at a local hospital, and somehow managed to suit up for the start of the 2026 season with three sacks through five games. The man recovered. The case? That moved slower.
It took over eight months, more than 50 search warrants, and upwards of 250 law enforcement personnel across four cities before authorities made their move. The San Francisco Police Department dubbed it "Operation D-line," according to The Standard's Danny Emerman, as reported by Heavy.
San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew said suspects were arrested over the past week with help from agencies in Atlanta, Stockton, Irvine, and Los Angeles. Gregory Walker, 36, was arrested in Los Angeles on Oct. 9 and now faces the most serious charges: assault with a semiautomatic firearm — which prosecutors say he fired — plus additional charges for possessing a gun as a convicted felon, per NBC Sports. Curtis Green, 35, was picked up in Irvine on Oct. 7 but only faces misdemeanor charges: brandishing a firearm and carrying a concealed, loaded weapon in public.
That's where the accountability picture gets murky. Two other men — Marquis Davis, 38, and Antoine Washington, 36 — have been arrested in other jurisdictions but are not yet in San Francisco custody. Fox5 Atlanta reported Davis was arrested by Atlanta Police back on Oct. 7. Heavy noted both remain out of local custody. Walker was charged by San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins with assault with a firearm.
So the scorecard: one alleged shooter facing felony charges, one man catching misdemeanors for bringing a loaded gun to a nightclub confrontation, and two suspects the system hasn't managed to bring to the courtroom yet — eight months after the fact.
The extensive investigation spanning California to Georgia shows law enforcement put resources into this one. But for a case involving a professional athlete shot at his own event, the public has a right to ask why it took this long and whether the same effort would be deployed for anyone else in that nightclub. Jenkins' office now has the ball. Whether these charges stick or collapse into the kind of plea deals that let armed offenders back onto the street — that's what determines whether victims like White get justice or just a headline.
The shooting happened. The arrests came. Now the hard part: making the charges count.
