Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf disputes the theory 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 possibility the gunshots came from outside the ballpark, according to NBC 5 Chicago.
“They haven’t come to a final conclusion, but we have done a lot of investigation. We have gathered a lot of facts, and, without getting into the detail because I don’t want to influence the police’s decision, but the fact is based upon the information available to us, I see virtually no possibility that the gunshots came from within the ballpark,” Reindsorf said.
“It’s totally safe to be in this ballpark. I don’t think a gun has ever gotten past our security. I think ultimately that will come out. I’m hopeful the police will finish their investigation as soon as possible.”
On Tuesday, ESPN Chicago’s Peggy Kusinski said one of the women who was grazed by a bullet in the incident “snuck the gun in past metal detectors hiding it in the folds of her belly fat.”
The report said sources claimed the woman set off metal detectors three separate times, but security didn’t find the gun after performing subsequent checks.
An attorney for one of the victims said the 42-year-old woman, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, did not 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 at the stadium,” attorney John Malm said in a statement, per the Tribune. “We will continue investigating this matter further to pursue justice on behalf of our client who sustained serious personal injuries as a result of this shooting.”
Also injured in the shooting was a 26-year-old, who suffered a graze wound to her abdomen.
Both women are expected to make full recoveries.
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