Last week , when a college student in Chicago named Sheridan Gorman was murdered by an illegal immigrant, a Democrat Chicago Alderwoman named Maria Hadden blamed the victim, suggesting that Gorman was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or that she might have startled the shooter.
You can see the video of her comments here.
The backlash to the alderwoman was so severe that she has closed her office for the time being.
FOX News reports:
Chicago alderwoman closes office after ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ comment on slain student fuels backlash
A Chicago alderwoman closed her office for the rest of the week in response to backlash over comments that a slain college student was in the “wrong place at the wrong time,” citing safety concerns.
Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed March 19 around 1 a.m. when she was on a pier in the city’s Rogers Park area, just north of Loyola University Chicago, where the freshman attended college.
The suspect in Gorman’s murder, 25-year-old Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol May 9, 2023, then released into the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
After the shooting, Alderwoman Maria Hadden suggested in an interview with Fox 32 Chicago that Gorman was in the “wrong place at the wrong time,” adding that she might have “startled” the individual accused of killing her.
In a Facebook story posted on Wednesday, Hadden announced her office would be closed for the rest of the week due to safety concerns.
“My team and I are taking these precautions to ensure our safety and ability to maintain the level of service that you expect of us. I am still working as usual and will be out and about in our ward this week,” she wrote.
This tweet mocking the alderwoman is pretty good.
We think Ald. Maria Hadden has done such a wonderful job in the 49th Ward, we designed this yard sign to help her reelection campaign. pic.twitter.com/u6RuqV8k8b
— Chicago Contrarian (@ChicagoContrar1) March 25, 2026
If she had to close her office due to threats, that’s too bad. Maybe she’ll choose her words more carefully next time.
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