Choose orders DNA pattern from unlawful alien charged in Loyola scholar's killing

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A Venezuelan migrant charged within the March killing of Loyola College scholar Sheridan Gorman appeared in courtroom on Wednesday, the place a choose ordered him to offer a DNA pattern and authorized requests tied to his medical therapy forward of trial.

Unlawful immigrant Jose Medina-Medina, 25, is accused of fatally shooting Gorman, 18 , at a Rogers Park pier March 19.

He limped into courtroom on Wednesday after federal prosecutors earlier this month charged Medina-Medina with illegally possessing a firearm, which carries a most sentence of 10 years in jail.

Along with the federal cost, he faces state-level fees together with homicide, tried homicide, aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.

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Jose Medina-Medina (R) is accused of killing Sheridan Gorman (L). (Sheridan Gorman/Instagram and Cook dinner County Sheriff's Workplace)

On the homicide cost, the state requested that the courtroom order the defendant to submit a DNA pattern to state police. The general public defender objected, however the choose granted the movement.

The general public defender additionally requested a trial and submitted a healthcare order noting a bullet fragment lodged in Medina-Medina’s nasal cavity.

They requested that his medical information be collected from a number of hospitals the place he has acquired therapy, although no particular services had been recognized.

Tom, Jessica and Madelon Gorman arrive at a vigil in Yorktown, New York. (Richard Beetham/Fox Information Digital)

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The state didn't object, and the judge granted the healthcare orders .

Fox Information Digital beforehand reported Medina-Medina was apprehended on the southern border in 2023, flagged as a flight danger, and had no legitimate asylum declare earlier than being launched into the U.S. in 2023 below the Biden administration.

Data point out he didn't have a legitimate U.S. deal with or identification and was unable to offer a verifiable level of contact.

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His arraignment is scheduled for April 29.

Fox Information Digital's Greg Wehner and Adam Sabes, together with Fox Information' Invoice Melugin contributed to this report.

Alexandra Koch is a Fox Information Digital journalist who covers breaking information, with a deal with high-impact occasions that form nationwide dialog.

She has lined main nationwide crises, together with the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror assault, and Texas Hill Nation floods.