$75,000 reward offered for killing of retired Chicago police officer

WEST GARFIELD PARK — Chicago police and federal authorities are offering a reward in hopes of identifying the person who killed a retired police officer in West Garfield Park this week.

Larry L. Neuman, 73, was shot multiple times at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the 4300 block of West Monroe Street, police said.

The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The FBI and the Chicago office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives each match that amount, bringing the total reward to $75,000.

People can submit an anonymous tip at cpdtip.com or call 1-800-535-STOP.

Ald. Jason Ervin (28), also a former police officer whose neighborhood includes the area where the shooting occurred, told ABC Chicago that he had known Neuman for decades and was well known in the neighborhood.

Neuman worked for Chicago police starting in 1982 and retired in 2010, working in arson and explosives investigations, ABC Chicago reported. He was one of the police department’s first black bomb technicians, Ervin told the station.

He then joined the TSA as a bomb assessment expert at O’Hare and Midway airports, an agency spokesperson told the station.

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