ARIZONA

Hundreds gather to march for justice for slain Queen Creek teen Preston Lord

In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, near the corner of Ocotillo Road and Ellsworth Loop, hundreds of people wear orange as they walk to Queen Creek Police Department in a call for justice for Preston Lord, whose favorite color was orange. Lord, 16, was found beaten in a Queen Creek neighborhood on Oct. 28, 2023. He died two days later.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, near the corner of Ocotillo Road and Ellsworth Loop, hundreds of people wear orange as they walk to Queen Creek Police Department in a call for justice for Preston Lord, whose favorite color was orange. Lord, 16, was found beaten in a Queen Creek neighborhood on Oct. 28, 2023. He died two days later.
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In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, near the corner of Ocotillo Road and Ellsworth Loop, hundreds of people wear orange as they walk to Queen Creek Police Department in a call for justice for Preston Lord, whose favorite color was orange. Lord, 16, was found beaten in a Queen Creek neighborhood on Oct. 28, 2023. He died two days later.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, near the corner of Ocotillo Road and Ellsworth Loop, hundreds of people wear orange as they walk to Queen Creek Police Department in a call for justice for Preston Lord, whose favorite color was orange. Lord, 16, was found beaten in a Queen Creek neighborhood on Oct. 28, 2023. He died two days later.
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In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, near the corner of Ocotillo Road and Ellsworth Loop, hundreds of people wear orange as they walk to Queen Creek Police Department in a call for justice for Preston Lord, whose favorite color was orange. Lord, 16, was found beaten in a Queen Creek neighborhood on Oct. 28, 2023. He died two days later.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, near the corner of Ocotillo Road and Ellsworth Loop, hundreds of people wear orange as they walk to Queen Creek Police Department in a call for justice for Preston Lord, whose favorite color was orange. Lord, 16, was found beaten in a Queen Creek neighborhood on Oct. 28, 2023. He died two days later.
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Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
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Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
Laura Faubus sings for the Family of Preston Lord who were joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Laura Faubus sings for the Family of Preston Lord who were joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023, in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
In Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023, family of Preston Lord are joined by friends and community members on a walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of the investigation of the teenagers death and to condemn the act of violence that took his life.
Joe Rondone/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
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Melissa Lord speaks to the community about her nephew Preston Lord at the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023.
Melissa Lord speaks to the community about her nephew Preston Lord at the Queen Creek Police Department on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Nicole Mullen/The Republic
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
Community members walk from American Leadership Academy Queen Creek to the Queen Creek Police Department in support of Preston Lord and his family in Queen Creek, Ariz., on Nov. 28, 2023.
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