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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Kaitlin Washburn

Mother accepts diploma for slain CPD Officer Aréanah Preston: ‘She will always be a member of the class of 2023’

Dionne Mhoon (second from the left), the mother of slain Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston, accepted her daughter’s master’s degree from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law Saturday morning. Loyola University President Mark Reed (far left) presented Mhoon with Preston’s diploma. (Loyola University Chicago livestream)

The mother of Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston accepted her daughter’s master’s degree from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law Saturday morning, days after Preston was fatally shot near her Avalon Park home.

Preston, 24, sometimes logged into online classes from her patrol car while pursuing the degree in jurisprudence, before her life was cut short barely a week ahead of graduation. 

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