Avalon Park

Areanah Preston, a three-year veteran of the police force, was set to graduate with her master's degree this coming Sunday.

Four teens were charged and ordered held without bail Wednesday in the fatal shooting of off-duty Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston.

Charges are expected soon in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Areanah Preston.

Four people have been killed and at least 20 others wounded in gun violence so far over the weekend in Chicago.

Multiple persons of interest have been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of off-duty Chicago Police Officer Areanah Preston on Saturday.

The slaying of an off-duty Chicago police officer hit close to home for the wife of Chicago’s top cop, a former police supervisor who coached the young patrolwoman’s high school cheerleading team and who remembers her as “an absolute sweetheart.”

Loyola University confirms she was on track to graduate May 13 with a Masters of Jurisprudence from the School of Law.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed in a shooting in Avalon Park early Saturday morning. 

Police and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot did not offer any details about who is suspected in the shooting at a press conference held a few hours after her death, though Lightfoot said she'd instructed police to "spare no expense" to bring the perpetrator to justice.

Three people were wounded in an exchange of gunfire in Avalon Park on the South Side Saturday morning.