2026年4月22日 / 美国东部时间上午8:11 / 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
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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，总部位于洛杉矶。
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马特·古特曼、小诺曼·奥利弗
一名18岁的芝加哥洛约拉大学大一新生上月遭枪击身亡，其父母首次公开发声，将女儿谢里丹·戈尔曼的死亡描述为“一起可预防的谋杀”。他们还要求相关方面对此负责，质问为何这名嫌疑人——一名无证移民——此前曾被捕，却仍能留在美国、逍遥法外。
3月19日凌晨1点30分左右，谢里丹·戈尔曼与朋友们沿着密歇根湖散步，希望能一睹北极光。一行人在距离洛约拉大学校园约一个半街区的地方，据芝加哥警方通报，她在一处码头尽头遭遇了一名蒙面持枪男子。
“他带着威胁性的动作朝她靠近，”谢里丹的母亲杰西卡·戈尔曼在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时，转述了她了解到的事发经过，“她转身警告朋友们，有个拿枪的男人，你们快跑。然后他们就跑了。”
谢里丹的父亲托马斯·戈尔曼表示，女儿跑出约40英尺后，背部和颈部中弹，当场身亡。芝加哥警方称这起枪击似乎是随机作案。
“她真的是个很棒的人，我不仅为那些在她生前被她温暖过的人感到悲痛，也为那些再也无法被她照亮的人感到痛心，”杰西卡·戈尔曼说道，“……没有人应该在凌晨6点接到警察上门的通知，在听到任何父母都不该听到的消息时当场崩溃。”
“没有任何事能让你做好准备，去停尸房填写那些文书，”托马斯·戈尔曼说，“你的手在发抖，然后你必须去辨认女儿的遗体。他们问你准备好了吗，但没有任何事能让你真正做好准备。”
家人得知，女儿的警告很可能救下了朋友们的性命。
“我们大概是这么听说的，”杰西卡·戈尔曼说，“他们说这是一起无意义的悲剧。不是的，这是谋杀。这是一起可预防的谋杀。”
芝加哥警方已逮捕26岁的何塞·梅迪纳，指控其犯有一级谋杀罪和非法持有枪支罪，与这起枪击案有关。梅迪纳尚未认罪，预计下周将进行传讯。
根据美国国土安全部的信息，梅迪纳是委内瑞拉人，2023年非法入境美国。
梅迪纳的公设辩护人朱莉·克勒在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示，梅迪纳2018年在哥伦比亚遭遇持枪抢劫，头部中弹。“他活了下来，但失去了部分大脑和颅骨，导致他的智力水平相当于儿童，”她说道。
杰西卡和托马斯·戈尔曼驳斥了克勒的说法。
“他有能力、有心思去买枪、戴面具，还能蹲点等候，”杰西卡·戈尔曼说，“他当时戴着面具，在我女儿经过时用枪对准了她。”
托马斯·戈尔补充道：“儿童不会做出这种事。”
国土安全部表示，梅迪纳于2023年5月首次被美国边境巡逻队逮捕，随后在拜登政府执政期间被释放进入美国境内。
据国土安全部透露，仅一个多月后，他就在芝加哥因盗窃被捕，之后再次被释放。因未出庭应诉，法院对其发出了逮捕令。
杰西卡·戈尔曼表示，夫妇二人“仍在努力探寻”他们认为导致这起枪击案的相关政策漏洞。
“显然，州和地方政府与联邦官员之间需要加强协作，”托马斯·戈尔曼说，“当一名非法入境者犯下罪行时，各方必须配合。他当时——没错，他因一项非暴力罪行被捕，但他同时也是非法入境者。在我们看来，当时就应该把他移交给联邦当局。”
特朗普政府已借谢里丹·戈尔曼之死推动采取更强硬的移民立场。
尽管戈尔曼夫妇表示，他们不希望女儿的死被政治化，但他们确实要求相关方承担责任。
“我不知道这场抗争要持续多久，但我永远不会停歇，”杰西卡·戈尔曼说，“没错，他们唤醒了一头熊。他们唤醒了一头凶猛的母熊。我要为我的孩子而战。我必须为了所有孩子而战。我必须设法将这毁灭性的黑暗转化为光明。”
Parents of slain Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman demand answers on her “preventable murder”
April 22, 2026 / 8:11 AM EDT / CBS News
By Matt Gutman, Norman Oliver Jr.
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The parents of an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago freshman who was fatally shot last month are speaking publicly for the first time, describing the death of their daughter, Sheridan Gorman, as “a preventable murder.” They are also demanding accountability for why the suspect, an undocumented immigrant, was in the United States and out on the street despite a previous arrest.
At around 1:30 a.m. on March 19, Sheridan Gorman was walking with friends along Lake Michigan, hoping to catch a glimpse of the northern lights. The group was about a block and a half from Loyola’s campus when Chicago police say she encountered a masked gunman at the end of a pier.
“He, like, moved towards her threateningly,” Jessica Gorman, Sheridan’s mother, told CBS News, recounting what she’d learned of the events. “She turned around and she warned her friends that there was a man with a gun and you need to run. And they ran.”
Thomas Gorman, Sheridan’s father, said his daughter made it about 40 feet before she was shot in the back and neck. She died at the scene. Chicago police have said the shooting appeared random.
“She was a really amazing person, I actually grieve not only the people she touched in this life, but the people she won’t touch,” Jessica Gorman said. “… No one should have to deal with the police coming to your door at 6 a.m., falling to your knees when you hear the news that no parent should ever hear.”
“There’s nothing that prepares you for going to the medical examiner’s office and filling out the paperwork,” Thomas Gorman said. “Your hand is trembling. And then you have to go identify your daughter’s body. And they ask you if you’re ready, and nothing makes you ready for that.”
The family was told her warning likely saved the lives of her friends.
“Presumably, that’s what we heard,” Jessica Gorman said. “They say it was a senseless tragedy. It wasn’t. It was a murder. It was a preventable murder.”
Chicago police arrested 26-year-old Jose Medina on charges including first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm in connection with the slaying. Medina has not yet entered a plea and is set to be arraigned next week.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Medina is a Venezuelan who entered the country illegally in 2023.
Julie Koehler, a public defender who is Medina’s lawyer, said in a statement to CBS News that in 2018, Medina had been robbed at gunpoint in Colombia and was shot in the head. “He survived but lost a portion of his brain and his skull, leaving him with the mental capacity of a child,” she said.
Jessica and Thomas Gorman dispute Koehler’s assessment.
“He had the mental capacity and the wherewithal to buy a gun, to have a mask on, and to be waiting,” Jessica Gorman said. “The mask was on, and he had a gun pointed at my daughter when she passed him.”
Added Thomas Gorman, “A child does not do that.”
DHS said Medina was first apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in May 2023 and released into the country under the Biden administration.
A little over a month later, he was caught shoplifting in Chicago, arrested and released again, DHS said. An arrest warrant was issued after he didn’t show up to a court hearing.
Jessica Gorman said the couple are “still trying to explore” the policies they believe led up to the shooting.
“Clearly there needs to be some cooperation between state and local government and federal officials,” Thomas Gorman said. “When someone commits a crime and they’ve been here illegally, there needs to be cooperation. He was, you know, he was arrested for, yes, a nonviolent crime, but he also was here illegally. In our mind, he should’ve been handed over to the feds at that point.”
The Trump administration has used Sheridan Gorman’s death to push for a tougher stance on immigration.
While her parents say they don’t want their daughter’s death to be about politics, they do want accountability.
“I don’t know what the longevity of this effort takes, but I will never rest,” Jessica Gorman said. “And yes, they’ve awakened a bear. They’ve awakened a big grizzly mama bear. I got to fight for my child. I have to fight for yours. I have to turn this devastating darkness into light somehow.”
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