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City leaders to attend ceremony renaming street after fallen CPD Officer Aréanah Preston

Avalon Park street to be renamed in honor of fallen CPD Officer Aréanah Preston
Avalon Park street to be renamed in honor of fallen CPD Officer Aréanah Preston 00:25

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's been four months since officer Aréanah Preston was shot and killed during a robbery on the city's South Side.

City leaders will gather to honor her legacy.

Mayor Brandon Johnson will attend a ceremony to rename Blackstone Avenue in honor of Officer Preston.

She was killed near 81st and Blackstone in Avalon Park in May.

The ceremony will happen at that intersection at 3 p.m.

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