Overview
- Around 1:30 a.m., an unidentified masked man approached a group of Loyola students on the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach and opened fire, police said.
- First-year student Sheridan Gorman, 18, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene; no other injuries were reported.
- The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of West Pratt Boulevard near Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus, and the assailant fled on foot.
- Loyola Campus Safety and Chicago police are investigating, and university leaders said there is no known ongoing threat to the campus community.
- The university set a community reflection and 7 p.m. vigil at Madonna della Strada Chapel and urged tips to Campus Safety at 773-508-SAFE or Chicago police at 911 or 312-744-8263.