Month: May 2023

Jakwon Buchanan, one of four people charged Wednesday with murdering off-duty Chicago Police Officer Areanah Preston during a robbery spree on Saturday, appears in a gun-filled music video posted to YouTube just two weeks ago.

Three men and a 16-year-old boy, all with significant juvenile criminal backgrounds, went on a nighttime robbery spree that culminated in the murder of off-duty Chicago Police Officer Areanah Preston because one of their girlfriends wanted money for a barbecue, prosecutors said.

Chicago police officers who responded to a 77-year-old woman’s call for help were confronted by her adult son, who swung a knife at them and pinned one officer to the floor, poking the cop with the weapon, prosecutors said Monday.

Chicago police have detained four people for questioning in connection with the weekend murder of off-duty officer Areanah Preston, according to people familiar with the investigation.