Father of slain 20-year-old killed by illegal immigrant issues stark warning after Sheridan Gorman killing

The begetter of a 20-year-old pistillate killed by an amerciable migrant successful Illinois warns much guiltless radical volition dice if policies don’t alteration pursuing the decease of Sheridan Gorman.

Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman, 18, was changeable and killed portion she was with a radical of friends astatine a Rogers Park pier connected March 19. 25-year-old Jose Medina-Medina, the fishy successful her death, is an amerciable migrant who the Department of Homeland Security says entered the state successful 2023, and apprehended past released into the U.S. nether the Biden administration.

During a tribunal proceeding connected Friday, prosecutors revealed that Gorman recovered Medina-Medina hiding down a lighthouse. When she alerted her friends astir the antheral down the lighthouse, Medina-Medina began chasing them, and that's erstwhile prosecutors accidental helium fired the gun, which struck Gorman successful the precocious back.

In January 2025, Joe Abraham's daughter, Katie, was killed successful a hit-and-run clang that progressive an amerciable migrant successful 2025 successful Urbana, Illinois. Katie Abraham was killed erstwhile Julio Cucul-Bol, an amerciable immigrant, crashed into her car and past near the scene. Cucul-Bol was sentenced to 30 years successful prison.

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Sheridan Gorman smiles alongside the Chicago skyline successful Illinois.  (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)

Joe Abraham told Fox News Digital that determination volition beryllium much victims dormant if Illinois doesn't alteration its migration policies.

"I americium speaking retired due to the fact that I cognize determination volition beryllium much deaths and much victims. Not everyone dies, but determination are guiltless victims each day. And that's wherefore I'm speaking out. Because these policies are truthful reckless, truthful radical, truthful extreme," helium said. "There's nary equilibrium to it. There is nary information for anything."

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Katie Abraham was killed erstwhile the conveyance she was traveling successful was rear-ended by an amerciable migrant drunken driver.  (Joe Abraham )

He said that the execution of Gorman and his daughter, Katie Abraham, are "very parallel" and amusement however migration argumentation successful Illinois needs to beryllium changed.

"One was a point-blank execution shooting. The different 1 was a reckless idiosyncratic who was driving connected the influence. But the quality is they were some violent. They were some done by radical who shouldn't beryllium here. They were done by intelligibly radical who were not present to amended their lives," Joe Abraham said. "They were intelligibly done by radical who had terrible diseases, similar successful Katie's case. Her slayer has HIV and is being treated present that he's incarcerated, but Illinois did thing to assistance him."

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Joe Abraham says his girl was a "beautiful person" with a "sharp wit."

"She was truthful personable. Her property was truthful engaging, made everyone consciousness seen, heard, cared for, compassionate, fair-minded. She loved the water. She was a h2o polo player. She was a competitory swimmer. Did that each done precocious school. She had her full beingness up of her. And see, you know, similar a sponge, she soaked successful life, each portion of it, and she was lone 20. We inactive had truthful galore plans up of america that were, you know, that are conscionable gone due to the fact that of reckless policies," helium added.

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Jose Medina-Medina, a Venezuelan national, was besides arrested for shoplifting and released earlier the alleged murder, DHS confirmed.  (DHS)

Similarly, Gorman was described successful an obituary arsenic idiosyncratic who "had a mode of making radical consciousness seen, valued and believed in."

"People often accidental idiosyncratic 'lit up a room' oregon had ‘inner and outer beauty,’ but successful Sheridan’s case, those phrases autumn mode excessively short. She radiated thing adjacent greater—a uncommon and unmistakable warmth, a tone that was vibrant, compassionate, and afloat of life. She was funny, benignant and profoundly loving, with a bosom that made abstraction for everyone," her obituary states. "She loved fiercely—her family, her friends, her assemblage and her faith. She brought radical together, lifted them up and made the mean moments consciousness bonzer simply by being successful them."

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A wide presumption of Tobey Prinz Beach successful Rogers Park, Chicago, IL., Monday, March 23, 2026. Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was fatally changeable connected the pier connected Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Kamil Krzaczynski for Fox News Digital)

A constabulary root told Fox News earlier that the shooting was an evident ambush, adding that the fishy was reportedly wearing immoderate benignant of look disguise oregon covering.

After the shooting, Medina-Medina was spotted connected information camera successful his flat gathering lobby waiting for an elevator, and wasn't masked. A gathering technologist told constabulary helium knew the fishy who had a "very chiseled limp and gait."

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Flowers near successful representation of Loyola University freshman, Sheridan Gorman, connected the pier astatine Tobey Prinz Beach successful Rogers Park, Chicago, IL., Monday, March 23, 2026. Gorman was fatally changeable connected the pier connected March 19, 2026. (Kamil Krzaczynski for Fox News Digital)

Pictures of the suspect's look were sent to a constabulary database, and accusation from U.S. Customs and Border Protection identified the fishy arsenic Medina-Medina. 

When Medina-Medina was successful Colombia aft his parent moved determination with him from Venezuela, helium was changeable successful the head, which resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of a information of his encephalon and skull, leaving him to relearn basal functions, his lawyer said. Medina-Medina's lawyer said that helium has the encephalon improvement of a kid and cannot work oregon write.

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Medina-Medina's lawyer besides said that helium suffers from epilepsy and inactive has slug fragments lodged successful his brain. The execution fishy turned himself successful astatine the Texas borderline successful 2023, wherever helium was held successful detention earlier being released. His lawyer said that Medina-Medina requested to beryllium sent backmost to Colombia, wherever his parent had moved to, but was transported by autobus to Chicago. 

During Medina-Medina's clip successful a shelter, helium contracted tuberculosis, according to his attorney.