Sheridan Gorman’s alleged illegal immigrant killer caught with weapon while in jail custody, police say Jose Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela charged in the killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman, was found with a 6-inch shank while in Cook County Jail custody. Correctional officers discovered the weapon, fashioned from a sharpened piece of metal, in Medina’s pants pocket. He now faces an additional felony charge of possession of contraband in a penal institution.

• Jose Medina, accused of killing Loyola student Sheridan Gorman, was found with a shank in jail.
• The weapon, a 6-inch piece of metal with a tape handle, was discovered by correctional officers.
• Medina faces a new felony charge for possession of contraband in a penal institution.
• He was previously apprehended at the southern border and released into the U.S. under the Biden administration.
• Medina has pleaded not guilty to the charges in Gorman’s killing.