The officer, identified as 24-year-old Areanah Preston by the Medical Examiner's Office, was shot around 1:42 a.m. in the 8100 block of South Blackstone Avenue in the Avalon Park neighborhood.
As CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reported, Interim CPD Supt. Eric Carter in a news conference confirmed the officer of three years just completed her shift in the 5th District on the Far South Side and was heading home at the time of the shooting.
Off-duty Chicago police officer killed in Avalon Park always wanted to be a cop, father says
Aréanah Preston, 24, was “dedicated to making a difference,” one of her professors at Illinois State University said Saturday.
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