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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

4 teens charged with fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston during ‘very violent crime spree’

Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston was fatally shot returning home from work last weekend. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

A call by a 16-year-old boy bragging about the killing of Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston helped authorities crack the case and charge four teens with first-degree murder, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Jaylen Frazier asked a friend if he had seen the news about Preston being gunned down in front of her home earlier and told him “it was his work,” prosecutors alleged in court documents.

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