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CHICAGO — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is urging authorities not to release a person of interest who is currently being interrogated regarding the murder of a Loyola University student.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, ICE has issued an arrest detainer for the individual, who they allege is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela.
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As of Sunday afternoon, official charges had yet to be confirmed by Chicago police.
The Chicago Police Department reported on Saturday that they were questioning a suspect linked to the fatal shooting that occurred on Thursday.
The victim, 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, was with friends at Tobey Prinz Beach, which is located less than a mile from the university campus, when the incident happened around 1 a.m. on 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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