Retired CPD explosives technician fatally shot on West Side, police say

A retired Chicago police officer was shot to death near his home on the West Side late Thursday morning, according to CPD.

Larry Neuman, 73, was shot in the 4300 block of West Monroe Street at about 11:30 a.m. and later pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Neuman lived on the same block where the shooting occurred. His autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

Circumstances of the shooting were available Thursday night, but police said Neuman worked as an explosives technician with the department in a written statement announcing a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Neuman’s killer.

Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Chicago Police Board, police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Neuman, “spent his entire career safeguarding our city and spent his retirement as a reverend, speaking out against the violent crime that’s plaguing our neighborhoods. Please keep his family in your thoughts.”