Chilling New Theory Emerges After Migrant Murders American Girl In Cold Blood

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is floating a new theory in the killing of an 18-year-old Loyola University freshman, suggesting the shooting may have been a gang initiation, and accusing Democrats of trying to keep the suspect out of public view.

Blagojevich, a Democrat whose 14-year federal corruption sentence was cut short after President Trump commuted it in 2020, wrote on X that he believes Jose Medina-Medina, the illegal migrant charged in the death of Sheridan Gorman, carried out the attack to impress a local gang.

“Sheridan Gorman’s killer is being held in isolation. I suspect Pritzker & the Dems are hiding him to COVER-UP the fact that this illegal immigrant killed an innocent young girl as part of a GANG INITIATION,” Blagojevich wrote.

“I know gangbangers & how they operate. I lived with them for 8 years. And I know Pritzker & the Dems. Bet you I’m right,” added Blagojevich, who describes himself as a “Trump-o-crat.”

Authorities have not confirmed a motive.

Gorman, 18, a freshman at Loyola and a Westchester County native, was fatally shot on the Loyola Beach Pier around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, police and local reports said. She and friends were walking near campus to try to catch a glimpse of the northern lights when a masked gunman wearing black allegedly confronted them, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Sheridan Gorman

As the group ran, the suspect allegedly fired one shot that struck Gorman in the head, killing her, the report said.

Medina-Medina, 25, a Venezuelan national, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons counts. He was allegedly captured on video firing the gun, and investigators said his mother helped identify him after police circulated footage of the shooting, according to reporting on the case.

The Department of Homeland Security has said Medina-Medina was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in May 2023 and later released during the Biden administration. He was arrested again in Chicago on a shoplifting charge in June 2023 and released, officials said.

In the wake of the arrest, the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance said Venezuelans in the area have seen an uptick in hateful comments, while also noting the community has questions about whether gangs were involved, Fox32 Chicago reported.

“Most Venezuelans in the United States and in Chicago are hard-working people. This is a bad apple in the group,” interim executive director Luciano Pedota told the outlet.

Chicago police told Fox32 they could not confirm the motive.

Medina-Medina is slated to appear in court Friday. He missed a detention hearing Monday after being hospitalized for tuberculosis, the Tribune reported.

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