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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

Top cop defends decision to keep playing White Sox game after two fans hit by gunfire — but gives no details what happened

Chicago police officers stand outside Guaranteed Rate Field after a shooting took place at the stadium during the Chicago White Sox games against the Oakland Athletic’s, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time)

Chicago’s top cop defended the decision to allow Friday’s White Sox game to continue after two fans were struck by gunfire in the bleachers, but he still couldn’t provide a clear explanation of what happened three days after the alarming incident.

Interim Police Supt. Fred Waller told reporters Monday that investigators have “almost completely dispelled” a theory that one or more bullets were fired from outside the stadium, wounding two women.

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