{"id":114042,"date":"2025-06-21T08:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/114042\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T08:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:52:16","slug":"chicago-bulls-white-sox-jerry-reinsdorf-owner-to-be-deposed-for-lawsuit-after-fan-was-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/114042\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls, White Sox Jerry Reinsdorf owner to be deposed for lawsuit after fan was shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf will be deposed in a lawsuit stemming from a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/26\/chicago-police-investigate-shooting-incident-at-white-sox-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shooting during a White Sox game<\/a> at Guaranteed Rate Field in August 2023, a Cook County judge ordered Friday, per multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting has been shrouded in mystery nearly two years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/29\/gun-fired-at-white-sox-game-was-snuck-in-via-womans-belly-fat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">42-year-old woman was shot in the leg<\/a> and a 26-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the abdomen and refused medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old woman filed a lawsuit in 2024, accusing the team of \u201cnegligence and recklessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted to X at the time showed some panicked patrons running away from the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Others were awaiting a Vanilla Ice concert at the end of the game that ended up being canceled because of \u201ctechnical issues,\u201d according to a message on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to technical issues, tonight\u2019s postgame concert has been canceled,\u201d the message read in part. \u201cWe apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear how a weapon was able to get into the stadium in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The ballpark doesn\u2019t allow for any type of weapon to be brought into the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36307127\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2023-chicago-police-investigating-shooting-26783432.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers outside Guaranteed Rate Field after a shooting.\" class=\"wp-image-36307127\"  \/>The shooting happened at Chicago\u2019s Guaranteed Rate Field on Aug. 25, 2023. AP<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36307205\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chicago-white-sox-chairman-jerry-28998786_d1e837.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Reinsdorf speaking at a press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-36307205\"  \/>Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf is set be deposed in a lawsuit related to the 2023 shooting. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeapons of any type, including pepper spray. It is illegal for anyone to enter or attempt to enter the ballpark with a firearm, regardless of permit,\u201d according to the park\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p>A fan previously told FOX 32 Chicago he went through a metal detector to get into the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting didn\u2019t stop the game from carrying on, however, as the White Sox lost to the Athletics 12-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf will be deposed in a lawsuit stemming from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,1939,3824,4744,1203,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-114042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicago-white-sox","13":"tag-chicagobulls","14":"tag-jerry-reinsdorf","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114720508811736946","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}