Democratic Alderwoman Maria Hayden suggested that Sheridan Gorman, the 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student who was shot to death Thursday morning while walking with friends along the city’s lakeshore near the campus, was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”Hayden said in an interview with Fox 32 Chicago that the fatal shooting appeared to be a case of Gorman “being in the wrong place at the wrong time, running into a guy who had a gun.”He added, “They may have inadvertently startled this person at the end of the pier.” “We do not believe there is any cause for widespread community concern.”Jose Medina-Medina, 25, an illegal Venezuelan immigrant, was arrested and charged with murder.
Chicago Democrat Hayden expressed outrage over ‘garbage’ comment
Hayden’s comments came despite police reports that Gorman’s killer had followed him from behind for some time before shooting him at close range and fleeing the scene.Hayden was accused by an X user of “largely blaming Sheridan Gorman for his murder”.“These people are sick!” The user added.Another X user accused Hayden of “downplaying the murder of an American citizen in defense of a gangbanging Venezuelan invader.”A third wrote, “Blaming the victim for stunning an armed illegal attacker? You, Maria Hayden, are trash.”Reader-funded public safety news outlet CWB Chicago posted on “This is disgusting,” comedian Tim Young posted on X.
