Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf disputes the speculation that the ballpark shooting from one week ago which injured two women happened inside Guaranteed Rate Field during his team’s game vs. the Oakland A’s.
Reinsdorf said he talked with the Superintendent of Chicago Police, who hasn’t ruled out the chance the gunshots got here from outside the ballpark, in accordance with NBC 5 Chicago.
“They haven’t come to a final conclusion, but we now have done loads of investigation. We’ve gathered loads of facts, and, without stepping into the detail because I don’t wish to influence the police’s decision, but the very fact is predicated upon the knowledge available to us, I see virtually no possibility that the gunshots got here from throughout the ballpark,” Reindsorf said.
“It’s totally protected to be on this ballpark. I don’t think a gun has ever gotten past our security. I feel ultimately that may come out. I’m hopeful the police will finish their investigation as soon as possible.”
On Tuesday, ESPN Chicago’s Peggy Kusinski said one in all the ladies who was grazed by a bullet within the incident “snuck the gun in past metal detectors hiding it within the folds of her belly fat.”
The report said sources claimed the lady set off metal detectors three separate times, but security didn’t find the gun after performing subsequent checks.
An attorney for one in all the victims said the 42-year-old woman, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, didn’t bring any firearm into the ballpark, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.
“She denies bringing a firearm into the stadium and further denies having anything to do with the discharge of a firearm on the stadium,” attorney John Malm said in a press release, per the Tribune. “We are going to proceed investigating this matter further to pursue justice on behalf of our client who sustained serious personal injuries consequently of this shooting.”
Also injured within the shooting was a 26-year-old, who suffered a graze wound to her abdomen.
Each women are expected to make full recoveries.
