Slain Loyola Chicago student's family fumes over 'murder,' manhunt for masked gunman in attack near campus

The household of an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago pupil who was gunned down adjacent her field my a masked shooter is demanding answers regarding their daughter’s seemingly random execution arsenic constabulary hunt for a suspect. 

Sheridan Gorman was changeable successful the caput portion taking a locomotion with friends astatine Tobey Prinz Beach, located little than a mile from the Illinois campus, astir 1 a.m. connected Thursday, according to WLS. 

"Our beloved daughter, Sheridan, was taken from america this greeting successful Chicago. There is nary mode to soften this — this was murder," her household said successful a connection to NBC Chicago. "Sheridan was the airy of our lives. She made radical consciousness seen, safe, and loved simply by being who she was. She lived her religion with kindness, compassion, and joy, and she loved her household and friends deeply."

The incidental unfolded arsenic antheral fishy approached the radical and began shooting successful their direction, striking Gorman successful the head, FOX 32 reported.

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Sheridan Gorman smiles alongside the Chicago skyline successful Illinois.  (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)

Gorman was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. 

Police said Gorman was not the intended people successful the shooting, and authorities are moving to find the idiosyncratic liable for her death, WLS reported.

A field information alert sent to students indicated the shooting occurred astir 1:15 a.m. connected the Tobey Beach pier and described the offender arsenic wearing a look covering.

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Sheridan Gorman was killed aft being changeable successful the caput portion taking a locomotion with friends astatine Tobey Prinz Beach, located little than a mile from the Illinois’ campus, astir 1 a.m. connected Thursday, according to reports. (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)

The alert added that authorities successful Chicago are investigating imaginable ties to different caller incidents of unit successful the area. 

In a missive sent to students Thursday morning, Loyola University Chicago President Mark C. Reed confirmed Gorman’s decease portion addressing the field community. 

The creation deco Madonna della Strada Chapel connected Loyola University field connected Lake Michigan. Burns was an adjunct vice main successful advancement astatine the Chicago school. (Big Joe via Getty Images)

"It is with profound sadness that I constitute to stock that 1 of our students, Sheridan Gorman, was killed earlier today," Reed said. "This is simply a tragic loss, and our hearts spell retired to Sheridan’s family, loved ones, and each who knew her."

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Sheridan Gorman, a New York native, was reportedly lone a fewer months distant from completing her freshman twelvemonth astatine Loyola University Chicago successful Illinois. (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)

The assemblage added that, based connected disposable information, determination is nary ongoing menace to campus. 

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"We admit that this quality volition beryllium achy for members of our community. Please cognize that you bash not person to navigate this alone," Reed added.

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The Yorktown Heights, New York autochthonal was reportedly lone a fewer months distant from completing her freshman twelvemonth astatine the university. 

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A statement of the fishy has not yet been released by authorities, and nary arrests person been made. 

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The Chicago Police Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment. 

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Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.