Chicago’s former top cop acknowledged that play should have been stopped after two fans were struck by gunfire during a White Sox game last month — and he blamed himself for the flat-footed response to the shooting.
But on his last day as the city’s acting superintendent, Fred Waller wielded the same sword he fell on and demoted John Spellman, the now-former commander of the patrol bureau who had been working security that night at Guaranteed Rate Field without the proper approval, the Sun-Times has learned.
