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An undocumented immigrant, accused of murdering a college student in Chicago, has a criminal history and reportedly entered the United States during the Biden administration, as per officials.
Jose Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national, was apprehended on Friday following allegations that he fatally shot Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old student at Loyola University Chicago. According to a police source speaking to Fox News, the shooting on Thursday appeared to be an ambush, with the suspect reportedly wearing a mask or face covering. Medina was arrested in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, not far from the site of the shooting.
Medina was scheduled to appear in court on Monday afternoon; however, the hearing was delayed as he remains hospitalized. Chicago police sources indicated he is being quarantined for a suspected contagious condition, possibly Tuberculosis.
According to officials, Gorman, a freshman hailing from Westchester County, New York, was shot while attempting to escape with a group of friends. She was declared dead at the scene.
Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman tragically lost her life in Chicago on March 19, 2026. (Image via Instagram by Sheridan G. Gorman)
Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 9, 2023, and was released into the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Following an arrest for shoplifting in Chicago, Medina was released on June 19, 2023, DHS said.
He was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, three felony counts of aggravated assault with discharge of firearm and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, according to the Chicago Police Department.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged an arrest detainer against Medina following the alleged murder.
Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, was also arrested for shoplifting and released before the alleged murder, DHS confirmed. (DHS)
“We are calling on Governor Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said.
In a new statement to Fox News, Gorman’s family said their daughter’s death was a result of systemic failure within the immigration system.
Sheridan Gorman died after being shot in the head while taking a walk with friends at Tobey Prinz Beach Park, located less than a mile from the Illinois’ campus, around 1 a.m. on Thursday, according to reports. (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)
“We are gravely disappointed by the policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime. When systems fail—whether through release decisions, lack of coordination, or unwillingness to act—the consequences are not abstract. They are real. And in our case, they are permanent,” the family said. “This case must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of both state and federal law. There can be no gaps, no shortcuts, and no second chances that put others at risk. Accountability must be complete.”
In October, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker posted a satirical video from the streets of Chicago while he was wearing a bullet-proof vest, trying to make a point about how safe the city is.
Alderwoman Maria Hadden told Fox 32 Chicago that Gorman’s death seemed to be a case of “wrong place at the wrong time.”
“The kids were out doing normal things people do in the neighborhood,” she said. “They may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, running into a person who had a gun.”