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In Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson under fire for his comments that the city must stop assaults on immigrants the same day college freshman Sheridan Gorman was buried, shot dead by Venezuelan national Jose Medina Medina on March 19th.

Johnson made his initial comment Saturday afternoon at a Windy City No Kings rally to MSNOW.

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The statement drew heavy criticism, coming on the same day New York parents Thomas and Jessica Gorman buried their youngest daughter.

Sheridan, a freshman at Loyola University, was just a four-minute walk from campus with friends, hoping to catch a glimpse of the northern lights over Lake Michigan, when Medina appeared from behind a lighthouse, his face hidden behind a ski mask, and opened fire on the college students.

The shooter fled.

Alderwoman Maria Haddon also facing scrutiny over her implication the group should not have been out at such a late hour.

Medina currently hospitalized, receiving treatment for tuberculosis he was exposed to in a migrant shelter when he arrived in the U.S.

in 2023.

According to his attorney, Medina spent several months in Texas under Border Patrol detention before he was bused to Chicago as a result of their sanctuary city policies, though the Texas governor's office claims to have no record of busing Medina anywhere.

Medina's attorney claims he grew up in Venezuela and was forced to flee to Colombia with his mother when the government threatened to seize their home.

In 2018, the attorney says Medina was shot in the head during a robbery and sustained severe damage to his frontal lobe, resulting in developmental delays, including an inability to read or write.

A prominent limp, also an alleged result of the 2018 robbery, helped police track Medina on surveillance footage from the site of the shooting all the way to his home, where he was arrested just under 48 hours after killing Sheridan.

Prior to the shooting, Medina had only been on law enforcement's radar once since his release in Chicago,

for shoplifting from a Macy's.

Medina released on bail for the misdemeanor offense.

However, he never returned to court, and there was an active warrant for his arrest at the time of the shooting.