Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old freshman at Loyola University Chicago, was fatally shot in the head while walking with friends near Tobey Prinz Beach. The masked suspect remains at large with no arrests announced. Police say she may not have been the intended target.
Sheridan Gorman, a first-year student at Loyola University Chicago from New York, was killed in a shooting shortly after 1:30 a.m. on March 19 in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, less than a mile from campus. She was walking with friends near Tobey Prinz Beach along the lakefront when a masked man in dark clothing approached and fired, striking her once in the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities noted she was the only person hit in the incident, which detectives are investigating further to determine if she was the intended target, according to Chicago ABC affiliate WLS and the Chicago Sun-Times reported details confirmed by police sources. Witnesses, including her friends, ran during the gunfire and returned to find her unresponsive. The suspect fled on foot after the shooting. Residents nearby heard a single gunshot followed by screams. One anonymous student told local CBS affiliate WBBM: > I just heard the screaming. They were saying, 'Come help us. We're over here.' Since then, I couldn't go back to sleep. It was something I never thought would happen in the community here. Loyola University President Mark C. Reed issued a statement: > It is with profound sadness that I write to share that one of our students, Sheridan Gorman, was killed earlier today in an incident north of the Lake Shore Campus. We are in close contact with law enforcement as they investigate and work to understand the full circumstances of this tragedy. Based on the information available to us now, there is no ongoing threat to our campus community. The university is cooperating with police and offering support to affected students. No motive has been disclosed, and authorities urge tips from the public as the investigation continues.
