Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston was ‘slated for big things,’ CPD official says

Chicago police officers embrace Tuesday outside Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn, where a visitation took place for Officer Aréanah Preston. The slain officer was remembered as one of the “bright lights” in the department. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Aréanah Preston was one of the “bright lights” in the Chicago Police Department.

That’s how John Catanzara Jr., president of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge 7, characterized the 24-year-old officer who was gunned down during a robbery outside her home in Auburn Gresham.