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By Khaleda Rahman
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Chicago police have reportedly arrested a man in connection with the deadly shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman.
Gorman, 18, was fatally shot as she walked with friends on the pier at Loyola Beach in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, less than a mile from the university’s campus, at around 1 a.m. on Thursday.
According to police, a man approached Gorman and a group of friends, took out a gun and opened fire. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Who was Sheridan Gorman?
Gorman's family said in a statement released on Saturday that Gorman, a freshman, had been out with her friends with the hope of seeing the Northern Lights when she was shot. "She was exactly where she should have been—close to campus, surrounded by friends, living her life," the statement said.
The family's statement described her as someone who was "full of life, full of kindness, and full of a love that she gave freely to everyone around her." She was "just beginning her journey as a college freshman—embracing new experiences, building friendships, and living the life every parent hopes their child will have," they said.
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Gorman was from Yorktown Heights, New York, and was studying business at Loyola University, her friends said at a memorial service on Thursday night, the Chicago Tribune reported. She was also involved with the Christian campus group Cru, her friends said.
She was a graduate of Yorktown High School, where she was a member of the girls’ varsity bowling team, the town of Yorktown said in a Facebook post.
Gorman is described as "pure light" on a GoFundMe page set up by Lawrence Finer of Yorktown to raise funds for a memorial or scholarship in Gorman's honor.
"Shera loved deeply and lived fully. She loved Jesus, her family, her sister Maddie most of all, her lifelong friends, and the simple, beautiful moments that made up her life. She had a way of making everyone feel special, seen, and loved. To know her was to be changed by her," Finer wrote on the page.
Loyola University Chicago President Mark C. Reed confirmed Gorman’s death in an incident near the university's Lake Shore campus in a message to the university community on Thursday.
"It is with profound sadness that I write to share that one of our students, Sheridan Gorman, was killed earlier today," Reed said. "This is a tragic loss, and our hearts go out to Sheridan’s family, loved ones, and all who knew her."
Police make arrest
The Tribune reported on Saturday that a 25-year-old man, from Rogers Park, has been arrested in connection with the shooting. The newspaper said it is not naming the man because he has not been charged.
An arrest report obtained by the newspaper said witnesses told police a man wearing black clothes and a black mask had fired one round at Gorman as she tried to run away. The report said surveillance video captured the suspect as he walked westbound to Pratt Avenue minutes after the shooting. Police were able to identify him partly due to a "distinct limp," the report said.
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