Areanah Preston, 24, was shot around 1:42 a.m. on Saturday in the 8100 block of South Blackstone Avenue in the Avalon Park neighborhood.
A police source said on Monday that Chicago police had The source said charges of armed robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle had been filed against some of the suspects. One more man has been identified as a suspect and remains at large.
As investigators build the case, the source said those detained are connected somehow to Officer Preston's killing.Preston, 24, was shot around 1:42 a.m. on Saturday in the 8100 block of South Blackstone Avenue in the Avalon Park neighborhood. An arriving officer rendered aid, placed her into the back of a squad car, and took her to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
After the desperate attempt to save her life, a police source tells CBS 2 she died from multiple gunshot wounds above the breast.
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