Overview
- Federal prosecutors, who announced the new charge Thursday, accused Jose Medina-Medina of illegally possessing a handgun because he lacks legal U.S. status, a count that carries up to 10 years in prison.
- Medina-Medina remains held without bond on Cook County charges that include first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and unlawful gun possession, and his first federal court appearance has not been set.
- Investigators reported that witness accounts, surveillance video, and forensic testing identified Medina-Medina, and police later arrested him at an apartment building on North Sheridan Road.
- Police executing a court-approved search on March 20 found a .40-caliber pistol wrapped in a black face mask, and ballistics matched it to a .40-caliber shell casing recovered near the pier where Sheridan Gorman was shot.
- Authorities said Medina-Medina is a Venezuelan national with no lawful U.S. status, which makes gun possession illegal under federal law, and the Department of Homeland Security placed an immigration detainer after his arrest.