Neal Sumrell

Neal David Sumrell was 34 when he died on August 23, 2019. Public records and local reporting place him in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, where the rhythms of daily life — family connections, friendships, and neighborhood ties — shaped the people who knew him.

While detailed public information about Neal’s private life, work, or hobbies is limited in available sources, the records affirm his identity and the place he held in his community. He was an adult with roots in the city; the dates and reports that name him show a real person whose life mattered to loved ones and neighbors. In situations where personal details are scarce in public records, it is important to hold to what is verifiable and to treat that life with dignity.

Neal’s death on August 23, 2019, was reported by established local news outlets. He was cared for at Mt. Sinai Hospital following a shooting and was later pronounced dead. Reporting from that time also records that another person was critically injured in the same incident. In the weeks after his death law-enforcement activity and arrests were reported as authorities investigated. Those facts are part of the public record, but they do not define Neal’s personhood.

Though there is no family-published obituary located in the public archives examined for this research, the presence of Neal’s name in reputable local reporting confirms his existence and the loss felt by those who knew him. For family, friends, and neighbors who remember him, Neal’s life will be held in the quiet details known only to them: everyday conversations, shared places, and personal memories that public notice cannot capture.

This page honors Neal by recording verified facts with care and by acknowledging the limits of the public record. If family or friends wish to add memories, photos, or corrections to ensure a fuller remembrance, those contributions will help center Neal’s life — not the circumstances of his death — on this memorial.