2026年4月21日 美国东部时间晚上7:42 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：马特·古特曼、小诺曼·奥利弗
屡获殊荣的记者马特·古特曼于2026年加入哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，担任首席通讯员，常驻洛杉矶。
马特·古特曼、小诺曼·奥利弗
谢里丹·戈尔曼的父母首次公开发声，他们的女儿是洛约拉大学大一新生，今年3月遭枪击身亡，据官方消息，凶手为非法入境美国的男子。他们呼吁追责并推动变革。
“我不在乎人们在政治上属于哪个阵营，或是像我们一样持中立态度。这种事绝不能再发生，我们必须做出改变，”女儿的母亲杰西卡·戈尔曼对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。
她的父亲托马斯补充道：“我们所有人都应该认同保障孩子的安全这一点。”
3月19日凌晨1点30分左右，谢里丹和朋友在芝加哥湖滨区域散步时，一名戴面具的持枪男子靠近他们的群体并开枪。来自纽约约克敦的18岁少女谢里丹中枪，当场身亡。
调查人员表示，这似乎是一起随机枪击案。嫌疑人何塞·梅迪纳是2023年首次进入美国的委内瑞拉非法移民，几天后被警方逮捕。
记录显示，他2023年曾在芝加哥被控盗窃罪并获得保释，但未出庭受审，法院已签发逮捕令，但他一直在逃。
梅迪纳目前被关押在库克县监狱，不得保释，面临一级谋杀等多项指控。在一份声明中，公设辩护人助理朱莉·克勒称此案是“一场悲剧”，并表示梅迪纳青少年时期头部曾中弹，“心智水平如同孩童”。
被问及追责具体会是什么形式时，杰西卡·戈尔曼表示：“我们目前还不清楚。”
“毫无疑问，有多项政策促成了这起悲剧的发生，我们无法挽回谢里丹的生命，”她的父亲说道，“但我们不能就此坐视不管。”
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/parents-loyola-student-fatally-shot-chicago-call-for-change-this-cant-happen/
Parents of slain Loyola student Sheridan Gorman call for accountability: “We’ve got to make changes”
April 21, 2026 7:42 PM EDT / CBS News
By Matt Gutman, Norman Oliver Jr.
Award-winning journalist Matt Gutman joined CBS News as chief correspondent in 2026. He is based in Los Angeles.
Matt Gutman, Norman Oliver Jr.
The parents of Sheridan Gorman are speaking out for the first time since their daughter, a Loyola University freshman, was shot and killed in March, allegedly by a man who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally. They are calling for accountability and change.
“I don’t care what side of the aisle politically people are on, or is right in the middle like us. This can’t happen. We’ve got to make changes,” Jessica Gorman, her mother, told CBS News.
Her father, Thomas, added, “We all should be able to agree about the safety of our kids.”
Sheridan was out walking with friends near Chicago’s lakefront around 1:30 a.m. on March 19 when a masked man with a gun approached their group. He opened fire, and Sheridan, an 18-year-old from Yorktown, New York, was shot. She died on the spot.
Investigators said it appears to have been a random shooting. The suspect, Jose Medina, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela who first entered the U.S. in 2023, was arrested a few days later.
Records show he had been charged with theft in Chicago in 2023 and released on bond. He did not show up for court, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, but he remained free.
Medina is being held in the Cook County jail with no bond and is facing first-degree murder and other charges. In a statement, Assistant Public Defender Julie Koehler called the case “a tragedy.” She said Medina had been shot in the head as a teen and has “the mental capacity of a child.”
Asked what accountability would look like, Jessica Gorman said, “I don’t think we know yet.”
“There’s definitely policies that, that contributed to this happening, and we can’t save Sheridan,” her father said. “But we can’t just not do anything.”
Watch more of Matt Gutman’s interview with Jessica and Thomas Gorman Wednesday on “CBS Mornings” and “CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/parents-loyola-student-fatally-shot-chicago-call-for-change-this-cant-happen/
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