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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 

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Indiana attorney&comma; 64&comma; is shot dead in front of his husband &&num;8216&semi;by a long-time friend and client&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Police in Hobart&comma; Indiana&comma; say 83-year-old William &&num;8216&semi;Bill&&num;8217&semi; Landske shot and killed the attorney who represented him in a civil case&comma; on Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Prominent local attorney and public defender Tracy Edward Page&comma; 64&comma; was set to retire in just two weeks <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Landske had been invited to pick up some documents from Page&&num;8217&semi;s home came with his grown daughters&comma; arrived and  allegedly opened fire without uttering a word <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>After he got off shots Page&&num;8217&semi;s husband tackled the shooter and wrestled the gun out of his hands <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The alleged gunman was William &&num;8216&semi;Bill&&num;8217&semi; Landske&comma; widower of late state Senator Sue Landske &&num;8211&semi; w<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>hen Senator Landske died of cancer in 2015&comma; aged 77&comma; Page delivered a eulogy at her memorial service <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Page submitted a letter of retirement at Lake County public defender&&num;8217&semi;s office on Tuesd<&sol;span><&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">ay <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-297951" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;Tracy-Edward-Page-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tracy Edward Page 1" width&equals;"656" height&equals;"734" &sol;>Indiana civil attorney Tracy Edward Page &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was killed Wednesday after police say his client opened fire on him two weeks to his retirement<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>A Well-respected Indiana attorney and public defender was killed Wednesday after police say his client opened fire on him<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Prominent public defender in northwestern Indiana&comma; Tracy Edward Page&comma; 64&comma; was just two weeks away from retirement when prosecutors say he was shot dead at his home by a longtime client and friend&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;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&period; The suspect was a client of Page&&num;8217&semi;s in a civil case&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During a press conference Wednesday afternoon&comma; police said Page invited his client to his home in the 1200 block of West 4th Street to collect some documents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-297956" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;William-Landske-and-Sue-Landske-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"William Landske and Sue Landske 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"685" height&equals;"331" &sol;>Page&&num;8217&semi;s client 83-year-old William Landske&comma; &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; above at the memorial service for his wife&comma; state Senator Sue Landske &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; in 2015&comma; allegedly shot the attorney four times without uttering a word&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The murder suspect arrived at his lawyer&&num;8217&semi;s gated residence at 11&period;45am&comma; accompanied by his two daughters&comma; pulled out a gun and shot Page four times without uttering a single word&comma; reported <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chicago&period;cbslocal&period;com&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;15&sol;hobart-attorney-t-edward-page-shot-killed-suspect-in-custody&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">CBS Chicago&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Police said Page&&num;8217&semi;s husband tackled the gunman and wrested the murder weapon  out of his hands&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The octogenarian was arrested at the scene by police officers&semi; he is expected to be formally charged on Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officials have not disclosed the name of the alleged killer&comma; but <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nwitimes&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;crime-and-courts&sol;sources-suspect-in-prominent-attorney-s-homicide-is-husband-of&sol;article&lowbar;20f2e452-a023-52bc-845a-e21263ee485c&period;html&num;anchor&lowbar;item&lowbar;30" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">The Times of Northwest Indiana<&sol;a> reported on Thursday&comma; citing sources with direct knowledge of the investigation&comma; that the accused shooter is William &&num;8216&semi;Bill&&num;8217&semi; Landske&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-297954" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;Tracy-Edward-Pages-home-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tracy Edward Page's home 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"675" height&equals;"486" &sol;>Cops say Tracy Page had invited his friend and client in a civil case&comma; William Landske&comma; 83&comma; to his home in Hobart &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; to collect some papers before the fatal shooting on Aug 15<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>Landske&comma; a father of five grown children and a grandfather of seven&comma; lost his wife&comma; state Senator Sue Landske&comma; to lung cancer in February 2015&period; She was 77 years old&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Senator Landske was friends with Page&comma; and he delivered a eulogy at her memorial service in March of that year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Page was a lawyer with the firm Thiros &amp&semi; Thiros in Merrillville and worked as Lake County public defender for the past 10 years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He also served as magistrate judge of the Lake Superior Court from October 1984 to 2000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-297953" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;Tracy-Edward-Page-left-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tracy Edward Page &lbrack;left&rsqb; 3&period;JPG" width&equals;"678" height&equals;"440" &sol;>June&comma; 2018 photo  reveals that Tracy Page &lbrack;left&rsqb; was a Freemason <&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<div>Chief public defender Marce Gonzalez Jr&period; said Page on Tuesday submitted a letter of retirement that was effective at the end of the month&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Described as  &&num;8216&semi;a lawyer’s lawyer&comma; a very compassionate person and a good man&period;&&num;8217&semi; by other members of the Indiana bar&comma; Page reportedly&comma; planned to teach law and serve as a part-time judge&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bill Landske served two terms on the Cedar Lake Town Council from 2004 to 2011&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;So far&comma; police have not revealed a possible motive behind the seemingly cold-blooded killing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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