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The funeral for Officer Preston was, first and foremost, a tribute to her life. But it was also another grim reminder, as if Chicago needed one, of the work to be done to end gun violence in this city.

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Corey Gray, 21, is being held in custody pending a detention hearing set for Monday. Prosecutors do not allege that the gun at issue was used to kill Preston.

The new route could serve 350,000 Chicago-area residents of Serbian descent, said Chicago’s aviation commissioner.

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Hundreds of people packed a church for the funeral of a Chicago police officer who was off duty when she was fatally shot during an armed robbery spree by four teenagers charged in her death

The plan by the Action Center on Race & the Economy and the People’s Unity Platform “has nothing to do with what we’re trying to do,” said Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson. The mayor’s approach, Lee said, involves “sober analysis of what might be feasible.”

The 28-year-old was walking near a parking lot in the 1000 block of East 95th Street Wednesday afternoon when two people approached him and at least one opened fire, Chicago police said.