Sheridan Gorman’s alleged illegal immigrant killer caught with weapon while in jail custody, police say

A illegal immigrant from Venezuela charged in the March killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman was caught with a weapon while in custody, police said.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said Cook County Jail staff found a 6-inch shank in Jose Medina's possession around 8 a.m. Thursday.

Correctional officers searched the 26-year-old and recovered a sharpened piece of metal with a handle fashioned out of medical tape from his pants pocket, the sheriff's office said.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office approved a new felony charge of possession of contraband in a penal institution against Medina on Friday.

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Medina has been in custody since March 23. He is charged with shooting 18-year-old Gorman to death at Tobey Prinz Beach in Rogers Park on March 19.

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