US EditionYorktown, N.Y., Community Mourning Death of Sheridan Gorman, College Student Fatally Shot in Chicago
- On Thursday morning, 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed while walking with friends near Tobey Prinz Beach.
- A masked suspect approached the group and opened fire; police said Gorman was not the intended target of the attack.
- No one is currently in custody for the 1:30 a.m. shooting at the pier near campus, according to Chicago Police Area Three Detective Division.
- Mark Reed, president of Loyola University Chicago, expressed condolences as the school arranged counseling for Mertz Hall residents and held a vigil at the Madonna della Strada Chapel.
- Investigators confirmed there is no ongoing threat to the campus community. Chicago Police urge anyone with information to contact the Chicago Police Area Three Detective Division at 312-744-8263 or dial 911.
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Friend of slain Loyola student Sheridan Gorman says Rogers Park shooting didn’t feel ‘targeted’
After surviving the attack, the friend told the Sun-Times how quickly a trip to take photos along the lakefront turned tragic. “We were just [in the] wrong place, wrong time,” he said.
Devastated Loyola Community Gathers To Honor Slain Freshman Sheridan Gorman: 'It's Shattering'
ROGERS PARK — Loyola students packed the pews of the university’s chapel to honor the life of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old freshman who was shot and killed Thursday morning at a nearby beach. About 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Gorman was with a group of friends on the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach when a masked man walked up to them and fired shots, officials said. The gunman was wearing a mask, said Thomas Murray, Loyola’s director of campus safety. Just…
Students, staff gather for vigil for Loyola freshman killed in apparent random attack along lakefront
CHICAGO — The search continues on Friday for the masked man who shot and killed a Loyola University freshman early Thursday morning in an apparent random attack. Detectives went over the crime scene several times on Thursday and searched the neighborhood for possible surveillance video while students and faculty remembered 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman. According to [...]
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