Bullets that wounded two people at a Chicago White Sox game over the weekend most likely did not come from outside Guaranteed Rate Field, the Chicago Police superintendent said.
Chicago police work in the left field seats after a reported shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field on Aug. 25, 2023.
Two women suffered gunshot wounds as they sat in the left field bleachers of Guaranteed Rate Field during the Friday night game between the White Sox and Oakland A’s. Officials have so far said little about where the bullets came from, or if someone brought a gun into the stadium, but interim CPD superintendent Fred Waller on Monday said investigators have nearly ruled out the possibility that the shots came from outside the ballpark.
Waller added that CPD did initially request that the game be halted after the shooting was discovered.“At one point in time it was requested as a precaution, but we had no active shooter information, no flare up, as I said, from a weapon, so we didn’t have all of the information,” Waller said. “We made that request initially because we did not know what was going on.
“Obviously, this is an ongoing investigation and the Chicago Police Department has done a remarkable job of gathering all the evidence and as more information becomes available, that information will be reported,” Johnson said.
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