The cold-blooded execution of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman last week has sparked heartbreak and outrage across the country – including condemnation by President Donald Trump outside Air Force One on Monday morning – as yet another American family is shattered by an illegal immigrant allowed into the country during the Biden administration.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. on March 19, Gorman, who is from New York state, and a group of friends were walking on a pier about a mile from Loyola’s Chicago campus when a masked man confronted the group, who were reportedly at the beach to see the Northern Lights. As Gorman turned to flee, the gunman fired a single shot into her back; she died at the scene.
Over the weekend, Chicago police arrested Jose Medina-Medina, a citizen of Venezuela. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Medina-Medina was apprehended at the border in 2023 and later released. A month later, Medina was arrested for shoplifting at a downtown department store; he never showed up for his court date.
Medina, 25, also did not appear in a Chicago courtroom on Monday afternoon as originally expected to face six felony charges including first-degree murder; he is reportedly quarantined in an area hospital with a suspected case of tuberculosis or other communicable disease. Following his arrest, Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer on Medina-Medina and asked city officials to keep him behind bars.
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