Loyola Chicago student was killed while out to see Northern Lights
NBC 5 Chicago • • nation
Key Points:
- Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago freshman, was fatally shot near campus early Thursday while out with friends to view the Northern Lights, according to her family and authorities.
- The masked shooter approached Gorman and her friends near Tobey Prinz Beach in Rogers Park and fired, killing Gorman at the scene; police have questioned a person of interest but provided no further details.
- Gorman’s family described her as a kind and loving young woman whose death has profoundly impacted her community, emphasizing that her killing cannot be dismissed as being in the "wrong place at the wrong time."
- The tragedy has heightened safety concerns among Loyola students, who expressed shock and unease given the campus’s usual reputation for
