{"id":24170,"date":"2023-08-26T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=24170"},"modified":"2023-08-26T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:55:19","slug":"white-sox-game-shooting-female-fans-shot-inside-chicagos-guaranteed-rate-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/white-sox-game-shooting-female-fans-shot-inside-chicagos-guaranteed-rate-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox game shooting:\u00a0Female fans shot inside Chicago\u2019s Guaranteed Rate Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cvr-02-Guaranteed-Rate-Stadium-02-tw.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - Guaranteed Rate Stadium - White Sox Game Shooting\" class=\"wp-image-24171\" style=\"width:840px;height:347px\" width=\"840\" height=\"347\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(There were 21,906 paying customers inside the stadium during last night\u2019s shootings, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonBohning\/status\/1695308611374006277\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit: Twitter<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it seems that none of our larger U.S. cities are immune to the ongoing gun violence epidemic \u2013 you would think that we\u2019d at least be safe inside our local baseball parks. That was unfortunately not to be the case when two women were shot inside Chicago\u2019s Guaranteed Rate Stadium last night, on the evening of August 25, during the game played between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major League Baseball (MLB) and the White Sox released the following statement at 2:06 a.m. this morning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Two fans attending Friday\u2019s game suffered non-life threatening injuries after being struck by bullets. It is unclear to investigators whether the shots were fired from outside or inside the ballpark. The incident continues to be investigated by Area One detectives from the Chicago Police Department. While the police continue to investigate, White Sox security confirms that this incident did not involve an altercation of any kind.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ballpark video of the incident does not indicate any activity prior to the injuries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The White Sox are thinking of the victims at this time and wishing them a speedy recovery.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Police in Chicago are investigating the shootings. One of the shooting victims received medical treatment at the stadium, \u201cand later walked out of the ballpark with medics,\u201d according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/mlb\/chicago-police-investigate-shooting-incident-during-white-sox-game\/ar-AA1fNptV?OCID=ansmsnnews11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Post<\/a><\/em>. The other female victim was transported to the hospital. In true Chicago fashion though, the game was played through to the end, with a Chicago win over Oakland, 12-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Police said a 42-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition. A 26-year-old woman also suffered a graze wound to the abdomen and refused medical attention. <em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/mlb\/2-women-hurt-after-shooting-at-guaranteed-rate-field-during-sox-game\/ar-AA1fNkBH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">~ CBS Chicago<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A concert after the game featuring Vanilla Ice, Rob Base and Tone Loc was canceled due to what the White Sox’s main scoreboard desribed as \u201ctechnical difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Three people have been shot during a White Sox game at Chicago\u2019s Guaranteed Rate Field\u2070\u2070\ud83d\udccc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chicago<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Illinois?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Illinois<\/a> \u2070<br>Currently multiple authorities are on the scene as there was an shooting incident at the Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tK40TGWrNy\">pic.twitter.com\/tK40TGWrNy<\/a><\/p>— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsalerts\/status\/1695281996342198592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAttention Fans. Due to technical issues, tonight\u2019s postgame concert has been canceled,\u201d a message said on the Guaranteed Rate scoreboard.<\/em> <em>\u201cWe apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Fans holding on-field passes will receive a refund to the original purchaser\u2019s credit card.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with any information regarding the shootings is asked to contact the Area One Detective Division at 312-747-8380 or submit an anonymous tip through CPDTIP.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on last night\u2019s shooting at the White Sox game, see the video accompanying this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING: Chicago police confirm shooting at White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IVuNJz22AXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>–<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1695434446650892718\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cover photo image credit: Twitter<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>~ Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today<br>Follow Richard on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a> <em>& <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rdwebster54\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 and the game played on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8037,5673,18,16,547,774,2124,3079,52,17,11,12637,6678,4481],"tags":[863,6569,15217,15216,490,99,7908,489,15215,15219,15220,15221,15218],"class_list":["post-24170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assault","category-caught-on-camera","category-crime-courts","category-entertainment","category-events","category-guns","category-local","category-police","category-public-health-and-safety","category-sports","category-top-news","category-trending-news","category-video","category-violent-crimes","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-chicago-white-sox-v-oakland-athletics","tag-guaranteed-rate-stadium","tag-guns","tag-mlb","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-athletics","tag-rob-base","tag-shooting-at-white-sox-game","tag-tone-loc","tag-vanilla-ice","tag-white-sox-game-shooting","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24179,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24170\/revisions\/24179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}