Larry Neuman Obituary, – A teenager is currently in police custody on Sunday night in connection with the murder of a retired CPD officer and bomb technician who was gunned down in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Thursday morning. Charges against the 16-year-old boy have not been announced yet, and reports suggest that his mother turned him in. WGN-TV crews captured the moment one of two individuals, suspected to be involved in the murder of retired CPD officer Larry Neuman, was escorted into the police station along West Harrison Street.
The breakthrough in the case occurred shortly after a mourning march was held by those who cherished Neuman, honoring the marine who served his country, the officer who cherished this city, and the church minister whose community held great significance to him. Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling remarked, “When you see a person like that who stays behind in the neighborhood, when he doesn’t have to, he actually cared about the neighborhood and the people in the neighborhood.” Neuman was working in his yard outside his home on Thursday when he was fatally shot.
He retired in 2010 after a 28-year tenure with CPD and also worked with TSA as an explosives expert. The former officer’s tragic death prompted a manhunt, with police releasing surveillance footage of the suspects. Superintendent Snelling emphasized, “You cannot call yourself a man because you tote gun. You cannot call yourself a man because you robbed someone. That doesn’t make you a great human being. What it makes you is a criminal, it makes you an armed robber.
You shoot someone, it makes you a murderer.” The community members who gathered expressed hope that the suspects would surrender, and on Sunday night, their prayers were partially answered, with Neuman’s family affirming their commitment to ensuring that his death will not be in vain. “We’re not just coming today to pray and to do nothing,” stated Pastor Paul Sims of St. Michael Missionary Baptist Church. “It’s time for change, it’s time for action.”
