Chicago police release video of suspects wanted in connection with killing of retired CPD officer – NBC Chicago

Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report.

Chicago police released video Saturday of two suspects wanted in connection with the killing of 73-year-old Larry Neuman, a retired Chicago police officer, in West Garfield Park.

The video released by police appears to be from a surveillance camera in a private home and shows the two suspects in an alley near the crime scene.

Neuman was shot shortly after 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the 4300 block of West Monroe Street.

“He spent his entire career protecting our city and his retirement as a pastor speaking out against the violent crime that plagues our neighborhoods,” Superintendent Larry Snelling said Thursday during the Chicago Police Board meeting at police headquarters. “Please keep his family in mind.”

Neuman was a bomb technician and retired in 2010. He worked for the police for 28 years.

Neuman, a transportation explosives specialist, joined the TSA in 2010 and worked at O’Hare and Midway airports, an agency spokesman said. In his current position, Neuman trained screening personnel at both airports to detect explosives and other potential threats.

“We are deeply saddened by his death and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends and colleagues,” the spokesman said.

According to Pastor Paul Sims of St. Michael Missionary Baptist Church, Neuman was a “pillar” of his beloved West Garfield Park congregation. Neuman was a member of the church for 30 years.

“He was the nicest person you knew. There was nothing Larry Neuman wouldn’t do for someone. If you needed something and he didn’t have it, he would get it for you.”

Neuman was an ordained minister and served on the clergy staff at the church at 4106 W. Monroe St., near where he lived, Sims said. Neuman enjoyed sharing his wisdom with young people and never hesitated to offer advice.

“He would stop and talk to anybody,” Sims said. “He encouraged you, no matter what you were doing in life, no matter what it was, he would stop and talk to somebody.”

Neuman was a Marine veteran who had served in the Vietnam War, Sims said.

“He was a family man, he was a grandfather, he loved his grandchildren, he loved helping me at church with the young people,” Sims said. “He was a great man, he was a great human being.”

The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Area Four detectives at 312-746-8252 or leave an anonymous tip here.