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Chicago alderwoman apologizes for 'wrong place at the wrong time' comment on slain student

A progressive Chicago lawmaker issued an apology Tuesday after facing backlash for suggesting a slain college student was in the "wrong place at the wrong time."Last Thursday, Sheridan Gorman, 18, of Westchester County, New York, was gunned down while taking a walk with friends around 1:30 a.m. along Chicago's lakefront.Alderwoman Maria Hadden sparked outrage on social media after she suggested in an interview with Fox 32 Chicago that the Loyola University Chicago student was in the "wrong place at the wrong time" and that she may have "startled" the individual who shot and killed her.The loca...