Almost a year after two women were shot in the stands at Guaranteed Rate Field, a lawsuit was filed against the White Sox and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority alleging negligent security practices allowed a firearm to be brought into the ballpark last season.
The complaint was filed last week in Cook County Circuit Court by one of the two women injured by gunfire during the White Sox’ home game against the Oakland A’s on Aug. 25, 2023. The lawsuit alleges the gun was fired by someone within the confines of Guaranteed Rate Field.
A representative for the White Sox declined to comment on the pending litigation, and a representative for the ISFA did not respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department said Monday that the investigation into the shooting remains open.
An attorney for one of the women has told the Tribune that his client did not bring the weapon to the ballpark. It was not immediately clear which of the injured women filed the lawsuit.
“We have reviewed photographic evidence and X-rays of our client’s gunshot wounds and medical experts confirm that the gunshot wound our client sustained was not self-inflicted and was not the result of her accidentally discharging a firearm,” Malm said in the wake. of the shooting.
Jerry Reinsdorf, president of the White Sox, a team currently mired in a 100-loss season, said two weeks after the shooting that it was highly unlikely a gun was somehow brought into Guaranteed Rate Field.
“They’re still investigating,” Reinsdorf said last year. “I don’t want to get into specific facts while they’re investigating, but have really done a deep dive into this and I don’t see any way in the world that the shots could have come from inside the ballpark. Let’s let the police continue their investigation. At that this team is all the superintendent is prepared to say they haven’t ruled out getting out of the ballpark.”
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