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‘Disgusting’, ‘trash’: Chicago Democrats face ire over ‘wrong place, wrong time’ comments about Sheridan Gorman’s killing

Democratic Assemblywoman Maria Hadden said 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, who was fatally shot Thursday morning while walking with friends along the city’s lakefront near campus, was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”Harden told FOX 32 Chicago that the fatal shooting appeared to be Gorman “being in the wrong place at the wrong time with a guy with a gun.”“They may have inadvertently scared the man at the end of the pier,” she added. “We believe there is no cause for concern to the wider community.”Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested and charged with homicide.

Chicago Democrat Haden rips off ‘trash’ comments

Harden’s comments came despite police reports that Gorman’s killer followed her from behind for a time before shooting her at close range and fleeing the scene.One X user accused Harden of “almost blaming Sheridan Gorman for his own murder.”“These people are sick!” the user added.Another X user accused Harden of “downplaying the murder of an American citizen to defend a Venezuelan gang-rape intruder.”“Blaming the victim for scaring an armed trespasser? You, Mariah Harden, are garbage,” wrote a third.“Imagine you are a city council member and a college freshman is murdered in your hospital room, and before the suspect has been identified, you post a video in which you brainstorm an excuse that the victim may have ‘scared’ her killer,” CWB Chicago, a reader-funded public safety news outlet, posted on X. “Almighty God.” “This is disgusting,” comedian Tim Young posted on X.

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