Around 1:30 a.m. on March 19, Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old student at Loyola University in Chicago was shot and killed by a masked gunman less than a mile from her campus, in Tobey Prinz Beach Park. A manhunt ensued, and on Saturday police questioned a “person of interest”, subsequently identified as Jose Medina-Medina, 25, a Venezuelan national apprehended at the border and released into the United States under the Biden administration in May 2023. The case is “Laken Riley 2.0” — and a reminder of why Congress passed a law in her name to crack down on criminal migrants.
Sheridan Gorman
Gorman was a native of Yorktown, N.Y., in northern Westchester County, and she was in her freshman year at Loyola.
On Saturday, her family released the following statement:
Three days ago, our lives were shattered in a way no family should ever have to endure. Sheridan was our daughter, our sister, and the heart of our family. She was full of life, full of kindness, and full of a love that she gave freely to everyone around her. She made people feel seen. She made people feel valued. Whether it was her friends, her family, or someone she had just met, Sheridan had a way of leaving people better than she found them.
Even in a city where crime is not uncommon, her murder stood out even before the suspect was named: Every parent worries about their children, particularly when they leave home and go away to college. It’s unnatural for parents to bury their children, and the Gorman family received the sort of news all parents dread.
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