Funeral for murdered retired Chicago police officer, pastor Larry Neuman at his longtime Garfield Park church [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — Retired Chicago police officer Larry Neuman will be laid to rest on Saturday.

The Garfield Park resident and pastor was shot and killed last week outside his home.

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Neuman was in the process of paying another man for mowing his lawn when he was approached by the two suspects and later shot, police said.

Investigators said Neuman pushed the man he was paying out of the way when gunfire erupted, saving the man’s life.

Neuman was the longest serving explosives specialist with CPD and is being remembered and honored as a friend to the community.

Neuman was a faith leader for so many for three decades at St. Michael Missionary Baptist Church where loved ones will gather to remember him.

“That’s all he talked about every time he got up to speak was about the young generation and what all we could do in the community and throughout the world to help …