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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Indiana attorney, 64, is shot dead in front of his husband &#8216;by a long-time friend and client&#8217; </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Police in Hobart, Indiana, say 83-year-old William &#8216;Bill&#8217; Landske shot and killed the attorney who represented him in a civil case, on Wednesday </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Prominent local attorney and public defender Tracy Edward Page, 64, was set to retire in just two weeks </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Landske had been invited to pick up some documents from Page&#8217;s home came with his grown daughters, arrived and allegedly opened fire without uttering a word </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>After he got off shots Page&#8217;s husband tackled the shooter and wrestled the gun out of his hands </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The alleged gunman was William &#8216;Bill&#8217; Landske, widower of late state Senator Sue Landske &#8211; w</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>hen Senator Landske died of cancer in 2015, aged 77, Page delivered a eulogy at her memorial service </strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Page submitted a letter of retirement at Lake County public defender&#8217;s office on Tuesd</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">ay </span></h6>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297951" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tracy-Edward-Page-1.jpg" alt="Tracy Edward Page 1" width="656" height="734" />Indiana civil attorney Tracy Edward Page [photo], was killed Wednesday after police say his client opened fire on him two weeks to his retirement</strong></h6>
<div>A Well-respected Indiana attorney and public defender was killed Wednesday after police say his client opened fire on him</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Prominent public defender in northwestern Indiana, Tracy Edward Page, 64, was just two weeks away from retirement when prosecutors say he was shot dead at his home by a longtime client and friend.<br />
Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter says Hobart police have arrested an 83-year-old suspect in the shooting death Wednesday morning of 64-year-old Tracy Edward Page. The suspect was a client of Page&#8217;s in a civil case.<br />
During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, police said Page invited his client to his home in the 1200 block of West 4th Street to collect some documents.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-297956" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/William-Landske-and-Sue-Landske-1.jpg" alt="William Landske and Sue Landske 1.JPG" width="685" height="331" />Page&#8217;s client 83-year-old William Landske, [center], above at the memorial service for his wife, state Senator Sue Landske [right], in 2015, allegedly shot the attorney four times without uttering a word. </strong></strong></h6>
<p>The murder suspect arrived at his lawyer&#8217;s gated residence at 11.45am, accompanied by his two daughters, pulled out a gun and shot Page four times without uttering a single word, reported <a class="class" href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/15/hobart-attorney-t-edward-page-shot-killed-suspect-in-custody/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CBS Chicago.</a><br />
Police said Page&#8217;s husband tackled the gunman and wrested the murder weapon out of his hands.<br />
The octogenarian was arrested at the scene by police officers; he is expected to be formally charged on Friday.<br />
Officials have not disclosed the name of the alleged killer, but <a class="class" href="https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sources-suspect-in-prominent-attorney-s-homicide-is-husband-of/article_20f2e452-a023-52bc-845a-e21263ee485c.html#anchor_item_30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Times of Northwest Indiana</a> reported on Thursday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the investigation, that the accused shooter is William &#8216;Bill&#8217; Landske.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-297954" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tracy-Edward-Pages-home-1.jpg" alt="Tracy Edward Page's home 1.JPG" width="675" height="486" />Cops say Tracy Page had invited his friend and client in a civil case, William Landske, 83, to his home in Hobart [photo], to collect some papers before the fatal shooting on Aug 15</strong></h6>
<div>Landske, a father of five grown children and a grandfather of seven, lost his wife, state Senator Sue Landske, to lung cancer in February 2015. She was 77 years old.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Senator Landske was friends with Page, and he delivered a eulogy at her memorial service in March of that year.<br />
Page was a lawyer with the firm Thiros &; Thiros in Merrillville and worked as Lake County public defender for the past 10 years.<br />
He also served as magistrate judge of the Lake Superior Court from October 1984 to 2000.</p>
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<h5 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-297953" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tracy-Edward-Page-left-3.jpg" alt="Tracy Edward Page [left] 3.JPG" width="678" height="440" />June, 2018 photo reveals that Tracy Page [left] was a Freemason </strong></h5>
<div>Chief public defender Marce Gonzalez Jr. said Page on Tuesday submitted a letter of retirement that was effective at the end of the month.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Described as &#8216;a lawyer’s lawyer, a very compassionate person and a good man.&#8217; by other members of the Indiana bar, Page reportedly, planned to teach law and serve as a part-time judge.<br />
Bill Landske served two terms on the Cedar Lake Town Council from 2004 to 2011.<br />
So far, police have not revealed a possible motive behind the seemingly cold-blooded killing.</p>
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Prominent Indiana attorney, Tracy Edward Page, shot dead in front of his husband ‘by a long-time friend and client,’ – Alleged shooter William Landske, 83, is the widower of late state Senator Sue Landske

