The illegal alien accused of murdering a college student in Chicago has a criminal record and entered the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to officials.
Twenty-five-year-old Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, was arrested on 20 March after he allegedly killed Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student in a shooting. A police source earlier told Fox News that the shooting was an apparent ambush, adding that the suspect was reportedly wearing some kind of face mask or covering. He was arrested in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, close to where the shooting took place.
Medina was expected in court on 23 March, but the hearing was postponed since he's still hospitalized. Chicago police sources said he was being quarantined for something that's suspected to be contagious, possibly Tuberculosis.
When Gorman, who was a freshman from Westchester County, New York, tried to flee while she was with a group of friends, the gunman shot her, according to officials. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela, was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol on 9 May 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 19 June 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.
"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.