4 Teens Charged With Murder in Slaying of Chicago Police Officer Who Was Returning Home From Work

4 Teens Charged With Murder in Slaying of Chicago Police Officer Who Was Returning Home From Work
(L–R) Trevell Breeland, Joseph Brooks, and Jakwon Buchanan. Chicago Police Department via AP
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CHICAGO—Four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was slain last weekend as she was heading home from work, authorities said Wednesday.

Nineteen-year-olds Joseph Brooks and Trevell Breeland, Jakwon Buchanan, 18, and a 16-year-old boy face charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the killing of Officer Aréanah Preston, 24.