A progressive Chicago Dem is taking a ton of heat for suggesting that a Loyola University Chicago student who was allegedly executed by an illegal migrant caused her own murder — and that she was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden was speaking after Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old from Yorktown, New York, was shot dead on Thursday morning while she walked with friends along the city’s lakefront near campus.
Hadden said the deadly shooting appeared to be a case of Gorman being “in the wrong place at the wrong time, running into a person who had a gun,” in an interview with Fox 32 Chicago.
“They might have unintentionally startled this person at the end of the pier,” she added. “We don’t believe there is cause for broader community concern.”
An illegal Venezuelan migrant, 25-year-old Jose Medina-Medina, was arrested and charged with the killing.
Hadden’s comments come despite police reports that Gorman’s killer stalked her from behind for some time before shooting her at point-blank range and fleeing the scene.
Hadden was accused of having “pretty much blamed Sheridan Gorman for her own murder” by one X user.
“These people are sick!” the user added.
Another X user accused Hadden of “downplaying the murder of an American citizen in defense of a Venezuelan gangbanging invader.”
“Blaming the victim for startling the armed illegal invader? You, Maria Hadden, are garbage,” wrote a third.
Hadden did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
It is not the first time Hadden has sparked controversy with her remarks.
In January, she drew parallels between the Holocaust and ICE immigration raids in Chicago during a city council meeting.
