{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreidrz4srubmo3kr3s7sp7anjhh7ii3pcgllgjrqz5njwpantud5tva",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:ha7wpngv4f2qwrk5hta4ktbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlhdgktdap2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreifnvfoktsroossdztuxbmo7gkhr3qu6zqea5n3mjceufqxb647ef4"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/png",
    "size": 2227847
  },
  "path": "/crime/2026/03/21/police-questioning-person-of-interest-in-fatal-shooting-of-18-year-old-loyola-student",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T16:18:56.655Z",
  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p>Chicago police are questioning a person of interest in the Thursday fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student.</p><p>Sheridan Gorman was on a walk with her friends in the 1000 block of West Pratt Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. when she was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Chicago police confirmed they are questioning a person of interest in the shooting of the student from Yorktown, New York, but no other details were released.</p><p>The shooting has shaken the Rogers Park university and left Gorman's parents and fellow students reeling.</p><p>\"She was full of life, full of kindness, and full of a love that she gave freely to everyone around her,\" Gorman's parents wrote in a statement released through their attorneys. \"She made people feel seen. She made people feel valued. Whether it was her friends, her family, or someone she had just met, Sheridan had a way of leaving people better than she found them.\"</p><p>Gorman's family pleaded for anyone with information to come forward and implored others to resist becoming \"desensitized to violence.\"</p><p>\"When we begin to accept these tragedies as inevitable, we all become vulnerable to them,\" they wrote. \"Apathy is not harmless — it allows these moments to repeat.\"</p><p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Loyola University campus safety at 773-508-7233, or the Chicago Police Department at 911 or 312-744-8263.</p><p><i>Contributing: Sophie Sherry</i></p>",
  "title": "Police questioning person of interest in fatal shooting of 18-year-old Loyola student",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-21T16:26:20.454Z"
}