{"id":22194,"date":"2026-03-24T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/rare-reason-keeps-illegal-alien-suspect-in-loyola-student-slaying-from-facing-court\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:18:38","slug":"rare-reason-keeps-illegal-alien-suspect-in-loyola-student-slaying-from-facing-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/rare-reason-keeps-illegal-alien-suspect-in-loyola-student-slaying-from-facing-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Reason Keeps Illegal Alien Suspect In Loyola Student Slaying From Facing Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p>The first court appearance for the illegal immigrant accused of murdering Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman last Thursday was delayed after he was hospitalized with tuberculosis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/03\/23\/jose-medina-sheridan-gorman-loyola-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Medina-Medina, 25, allegedly approached the college freshman wearing a black mask around 1 a.m. and fired one round as she tried to run. Gorman\u2019s family said the 18-year-old student was walking with friends to see the Northern Lights when she was fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed Sunday that Medina crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in May 2023 and was subsequently released into the country. He then ended up in Chicago, where he allegedly shoplifted from a local Macy\u2019s in June 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/03\/21\/loyola-chicago-shooting-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>A judge issued a warrant for Medina\u2019s arrest after he failed to show up for his hearing in that case, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified Medina as the suspect in Gorman\u2019s murder after identifying his \u201cdistinct limp,\u201d the Tribune reported. He was seen without his mask in surveillance video taken after the shooting inside an apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>Gorman\u2019s family said that the suspect should never have been out on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are gravely disappointed by the policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime,\u201d they said. \u201cWhen systems fail \u2014 whether through release decisions, lack of coordination, or unwillingness to act \u2014 the consequences are not abstract. They are real. And in our case, they are permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump gave his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-doesnt-hold-back-when-daily-wire-asks-about-loyola-murder-suspect-and-biden-era-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Gorman\u2019s killing while speaking with The Daily Wire on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s devastating. These people were let in by Biden. We\u2019re getting them out. We\u2019re getting them out fast. That\u2019s why ICE is so important. They are doing such a good job,\u201d Trump told Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan, who was part of the presidential press pool. \u201cThis animal, I saw the whole thing last night. They gave me a briefing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis person came in through the open-door policy of Joe Biden. We\u2019re taking them out by the tens of thousands. We\u2019re doing a great job. It\u2019s a shame. They\u2019ve hurt our country,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer with local authorities, which is not expected to yield any action due to sanctuary laws.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>Pritzker\u2019s office released its first statement on Gorman\u2019s killing Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with the family, friends, and Loyola University community grieving the senseless murder of Sheridan Gorman. Violent crime has no place in our streets, and we expect the alleged perpetrator to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,\u201d a spokesperson for Pritzker told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump Administration needs to stop politicizing heinous tragedies and instead focus on real solutions, like reinstating federal funds to prevent violence that support our public safety efforts,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>Medina faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder in the first degree, three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, and one count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, according to the Tribune.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rare-reason-keeps-illegal-alien-suspect-in-loyola-student-slaying-from-facing-court\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first court appearance for the illegal immigrant accused of murdering Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman last Thursday was delayed after he was hospitalized with tuberculosis, according to the Chicago Tribune. Jose Medina-Medina, 25, allegedly approached the college freshman wearing a black mask around 1 a.m. and fired one round as she tried to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}