Overview
- Jose Medina, 25, was ordered held Friday after appearing by video from the Cook County Jail medical unit, where he is being treated for tuberculosis.
- Prosecutors said security video tracked him between his apartment and the pier, and a .40-caliber handgun found in his home wrapped in a ski mask matched a shell casing from the scene.
- He faces first-degree murder and attempted murder charges in the March 19 shooting of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman as she ran with friends on a Rogers Park pier.
- ICE filed a detainer, and DHS says Medina was apprehended at the border in May 2023 and later arrested for shoplifting in Chicago, details now driving a sharp fight over sanctuary policies.
- The defense says he has severe brain injury and cannot read or write, while Gorman’s family rejects political point‑scoring and calls for a full, transparent accounting of any failures.