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A Venezuelan illegal immigrant who was released into the country by the Biden administration has been identified as the suspect in the fatal Thursday shooting of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n Jose Medina-Medina, 25, was arrested after he allegedly approached the college freshman, wearing black clothes and a black mask, before firing one round as she tried to run, according to DHS.<\/p>\n Medina was released into the country after crossing the border illegally in May 2023, DHS said. The Venezuelan national then allegedly shoplifted from a local Macy\u2019s in June 2023, according<\/a> to the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n He failed to appear for his hearing in that case, leading the judge to issue a warrant.<\/p>\n As of September 2023, the warrant was still outstanding, according to the Tribune.<\/p>\n The shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday while the 18-year-old student was walking with friends to see the Northern Lights, her family said.<\/p>\n Police identified Medina because of his \u201cdistinct limp,\u201d the Tribune reported. He was also seen without a mask in surveillance video taken inside an apartment building after the shooting.<\/p>\n DHS is now pressuring sanctuary authorities in Illinois to not release the migrant monster. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer has been lodged with local police, who are not expected to honor it, due to sanctuary laws.<\/p>\n \u201cSheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,\u201d Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago\u2019s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods,\u201d Bis added.<\/p>\n Gorman, a business student who hailed from New York, was involved in the Christian campus group Cru.<\/p>\n Her grieving family said she had \u201ca way of leaving people better than she found them\u201d and that she \u201cwas exactly where she should have been \u2014 close to campus, surrounded by friends, living her life.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat happened to Sheridan cannot be reduced to the idea of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThis is not an abstraction. This is the loss of a daughter. The loss of a sister. The loss of a future filled with milestones that will now never come. Our family is forever changed,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n After learning that the suspect is a Venezuelan national, Gorman\u2019s family called for \u201caccountability\u201d in the case.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the case moves forward toward arraignment, the family has been informed that the suspect is a Venezuelan national and additional information is expected to be released. We are again faced with the unbearable truth: our daughter\u2019s life was taken, and our family will never be the same,\u201d they said, according<\/a> to Fox News.<\/p>\n \u201cWe recognize that the arraignment represents a formal step in the justice process, and we appreciate the work of law enforcement in bringing the case to this point. But for our family, this is not about a process\u2014it is about accountability, and it is about ensuring that Sheridan\u2019s life is not reduced to just another case moving through the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n