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New Documentary: Preventable, How the System Failed Sheridan Gorman

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08.09.2026

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New Documentary: Preventable, How the System Failed Sheridan Gorman

Virginia Grace McKinnon

Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed by an illegal immigrant in Chicago, Illinois, in March 2026. Her parents are now telling Sheridan’s story in hopes of preventing another preventable death.

Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, crossed the Texas border in 2023, and instead of being deported, he was transported to a sanctuary city, Chicago. After being apprehended and released twice without appearing in court, Medina shot and killed Gorman in the back as she ran from him on a pier near Loyola University.

In the new documentary, “Preventable: How the System Failed Sheridan Gorman,” her family sits down with Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at the Heritage Foundation.

“He shouldn’t have been here, he shouldn’t have been in the U.S., he shouldn’t have been in Chicago, and he shouldn’t have been on the pier,” Ries says. “It’s a parent’s worst........

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