August 26, 2023

Not the Kind of Shot You Want at a Ball Game

Two women were injured by a gunshot at the White Sox game Friday night. No one heard the gunshot, so it took a while to determine that the shot had happened:

“The woman comes down to first aid with a wound,” Reifert said. “There’s a degree of time before there’s a determination of what’s even happened, right? And then there’s an investigation in the space that’s going on at the same time. Basically those things all come together to say ‘Wow, we have someone who somehow was shot.’ But there’s no gun report, there’s no gun shot.”

The announced crowd was 21,906 for the game, a 12-4 loss for Chicago. A postgame concert featuring Vanilla Ice, Rob Base and Tone Loc was canceled because of “technical issues,” the team announced at the time. The White Sox said Saturday the concert was canceled “to allow CPD to clear the areas of spectators and inspect the bleachers with the ballpark lights on” and not because of security concerns.

Chron.com

It is possible that the shot came from outside the stadium, so stayed tuned. Luckily, both women seem to be okay.

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