The 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student who was killed earlier this week near campus was out with friends to see the Northern Lights when the masked man shot her, her family said in a statement on Saturday.
Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old freshman at Loyola Chicago from Westchester County, New York, was shot and killed around 2:11 a.m. on Thursday near Tobey Prinz Beach in the Rogers Park neighborhood by a masked man who approached her and her friends and fired a gun in their direction.
Gorman was shot in the head and died at the scene, authorities said.
“Three days ago, our lives were shattered in a way no family should ever have to endure,” her family said in a statement on Saturday. “Sheridan was our daughter, our sister, and the heart of our family. She was full of life, full of kindness, and full of a love that she gave freely to everyone around her. She made people feel seen. She made people feel valued. Whether it was her friends, her family, or someone she had just met, Sheridan had a way of leaving people better than she found them.”
Gorman’s family said she “left her dorm to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights” when she was killed.
“She was exactly where she should have been—close to campus, surrounded by friends, living her life,” her family said. “What happened to Sheridan cannot be reduced to the idea of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is not an abstraction. This is the loss of a daughter. The loss of a sister. The loss of a future filled with milestones that will now never come. Our family is forever changed.”
Gorman’s death sent shockwaves through the many communities she has touched throughout her life, including the Loyola University Chicago campus.
Hundreds gathered for a vigil Thursday night on campus to celebrate Gorman’s life.
In addition to grief, fear is heightened around the Loyola University Chicago campus in the wake of the deadly shooting.
Many students told NBC Chicago the shooting has left them feeling uneasy, particularly because Gorman was not alone or in a place known to be unsafe.
“I feel like Loyola is a pretty safe campus… this is just out of the ordinary,” one student told NBC Chicago.
“She was doing everything right… there was nothing she could have done differently,” another student said.
A growing memorial of flowers and candles has been left behind by grieving Loyola Chicago students and faculty, and friends and family of Gorman at the pier where she was killed to honor her life.
“She was only 18 years old and just beginning her journey as a college freshman—embracing new experiences, building friendships, and living the life every parent hopes their child will have,” her family said.
“Sheridan deserved a full life. She deserved the future that was taken from her. We will not allow her to be remembered as just another story. She was extraordinary, and she will always be loved,” her family said.
Chicago police took a person of interest in for questioning on Saturday, though no additional information has been announced by authorities.
While expressing gratitude for the support they have received, the Gorman family made a plea for anyone with information to come forward in their statement on Saturday.
“We are deeply grateful for the support we have received. […] But gratitude alone is not enough,” the family said in a statement. “We ask anyone who knows anything—anything at all—to come forward and speak with law enforcement. Someone out there has information that matters. Doing nothing is not neutral. It only allows this to remain unresolved.”
Anyone with information related to the shooting was encouraged to contact Campus Safety at 773-508-SAFE, or the Chicago Police Department at 911 or 312-744-8263.
“We cannot accept a world where moments like this become something people grow used to. We cannot allow ourselves to become desensitized to violence. When we begin to accept these tragedies as inevitable, we all become vulnerable to them. Apathy is not harmless—it allows these moments to repeat.”
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