NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Federal prosecutors piled new charges Thursday on an illegal immigrant accused of killing a Loyola University Chicago student because the feds “have no faith” in the state’s justice system, according to a local criminal defense attorney.. “Blue cities historically are lighter in their prosecutions. We have already heard that this person was of diminished capacity, so we are probably going to see some defense in regard to that,” Donna Rotunno told Fox News Digital. “My guess is the feds wanted to jump in so they can have some control over the fate of the defendant.”. Jose Medina-Medina, 25, was arrested after he allegedly killed 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman on March 19 in the early morning hours. The Department of Homeland Security said that Medina-Medina is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who first entered the U.S. in 2023, when he was apprehended but released into the country under the Biden administration.. Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Medina-Medina with illegally possessing a firearm, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. The firearm Medina-Medina allegedly used to kill Gorman was illegally purchased around February 6, 2008, from a Federal Firearms Licensee in Montgomery, Alabama, according to a charging document.. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X. “Given the senseless, cold-blooded nature of the murder of a young student with a bright future ahead of her, the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office will take no chances that this illegal alien perpetrator will be released back into our community,” said U.S. Attorney Boutros.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. SEND US A TIP HERE. In addition to the federal charges, Medina-Medina also faces state-level charges of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and illegal possession of a weapon.. During a detention hearing for Medina-Medina, prosecutors revealed that Gorman was with her friends at a Rogers Park pier when she looked around a lighthouse and saw Medina-Medina there. Gorman then walked back towards her friends and mouthed “there’s a man behind the lighthouse,” at which point Medina-Medina began chasing them.. Prosecutors said Gorman was shot in the upper back while the group of friends ran away from Medina-Medina. Her friends kept running until they found a place to hide, then went back to check on Gorman, who was unresponsive.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. While Medina-Medina was in Colombia, he was shot in the head, which resulted in the loss of a portion of his brain and skull, leaving him to relearn basic functions, his attorney said. Medina-Medina’s attorney said that he has the brain development of a child and cannot read or write.. Medina-Medina’s attorney also said that he suffers from epilepsy and still has bullet fragments lodged in his brain. The murder suspect turned himself in at the Te
