CHICAGO (WLS) — A man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Loyola University student, Chicago police said.
Earlier Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was requesting the suspect, who was being questioned in connection with the Loyola University student’s murder and is now facing murder charges, not be released from custody.
The Department of Homeland Security says ICE issued an arrest detainer, and alleges the suspect is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela.
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Jose Medina, 25, of Chicago has been charged in the shooting, Chicago police announced Sunday evening. The charges include first-degree murder.
Medina was arrested Friday evening by Chicago police, CPD officials said Sunday evening.
A new release from DHS earlier in the day Sunday also named the suspect in the fatal shooting as Jose Medina.
On Saturday, CPD said they were questioning a person of interest in connection with Thursday’s deadly shooting, prior to announcing the charge against the suspect on Sunday.
Sheridan Gorman, 18, was walking with friends at Tobey Prinz Beach, less than 1 mile from campus, around 1 a.m. Thursday.
A male suspect approached the group on foot, took out a gun, and opened fire, police said.
Gorman, shot in the head, was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
The student, a New York native, was just months away from finishing her first year of college. Police say she was not the intended target.
Gorman’s family asked anyone with information to come forward.
The family also said private and public services to honor Gorman’s life are being planned for next week in Yorktown, New York.
Gorman’s relatives have described her as “the light of our lives,” saying, “she made people feel seen, safe, and loved simply by being who she was.”
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