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Rockford Attorney Gunned Down Outside Property

Rockford attorney is gunned down looking at his own home, and it appears he / she was targeted.

On Wednesday afternoon, 60-year-old Greg Clark, a prominent Rockford attorney, was out with the snow blower clearing the driveway, when he was result and killed.

"An individual came way up behind him, shot him several times and experienced a vehicle that fled your scene, " describes Rockford Law enforcement Deputy Chief, Greg Lindmark.

After hearing gunshots, neighbors came out to look for Clark lying in your snow outside his home in the corner of Sentinel Road and Oakforest Drive, on the northeast edge of Rockford. Clark's wife was also home during the time.

"I'm absolutely shocked, " says Erik Jacobs, a fellow attorney who's a family group friend and neighbor from the Clark's.

Lindmark won't release more knowledge about possible suspects. But says the shooter got away within a dark blue minivan. "The motive is unclear right this moment, but it does not appear it was before a robbery, " he says.

Clark, a native of Rockford including a Rockford College alum, practiced law in your location for more than 35 years. "Greg was one on the nicest people you'd ever previously meet, " Jacobs says. "Always there to give you a hand, always there if you were going to give him a name. He was a great guy"

Now, the only hope in case you knew and loved Greg Clark, is that they locate who killed him, and why. "Whoever did this is required to be brought to justice speedily, " Jacobs says.

Lindmark says they're looking into recent court cases Clark may have been involved in as a good attorney, to uncover any possible motives or correlations.