A Commerce man was indicted by a Jackson County Grand Jury Monday on charges of murdering his grandson.
Robert L. Clark was indicted on charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and aggravated battery.
At the time of the shooting on June 7, police said Clark shot and killed his 6-year-old grandson in a fit of rage over a dropped watermelon. Michael Levigne, a kindergarten student at Commerce Primary School, was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest in the Troy Street, Commerce, home of his grandparents. Police say Clark also shot his wife, Linda Dale Clarke, 58, in the chest/stomach area before he himself was shot by police officers after he fired a weapon at them.
According to reports, Mrs. Clark called 911 and the call was dispatched as “gunshots with a barricaded suspect in the house.” A Commerce officer was patched through to Mrs. Clark by 911 and talked Mr. Clark into releasing a 5-year-old boy who was unharmed but who had witnessed the shooting, and to allow his wife to leave.
The standoff reportedly ended when Clark came to the door, refused repeated demands that he drop his weapon.
A Jackson County grand jury indicted Robert Clark Monday for the June 7 shooting death of his grandson, Michael Levigne, 6.
Robert Clark indicted for murder of Michael Levigne
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unknown
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08/19/09 at 09:53 AM
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Hopefully God will the same mercy on him like he did his own grandson!
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ms moore
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08/25/09 at 06:15 AM
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In regard to the comment made about the granddad who killed his grandson, I know he did a terrible wrong and hurt many people BUT one must be careful what he/she hopes for as it just might come back to bite one in the butt. Lets not pray for bad to happen to our neighbors , lets pray for "our worse enemy" as advised in the Bible.
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Anonymous
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08/27/09 at 01:59 PM
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Well it was a very sad situation and that little boy is better off now than he was before. The grandparents had custody of the boys because the paents are drug addicts. The mother tried to trade this little boy for meth. Real good mom, drugs are more important than your kids. She has since had twins and is NOT a part of their lives either. She shouldn't ba able to have anymore.
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No justice!
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09/15/09 at 04:15 PM
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DA Brad Smith let this guy plead guilty and didn't seek the death penalty so all he gets is life. What does it take for this DA to seek the death penalty? At least Bridgeman sought the death penalty on that guy who killed his wife and kids in that fire.
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Anna
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05/03/13 at 08:20 AM
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The death penalty would have been to easy. Bobby is getting what he deserves in prison. There was more behind this story, Mikey is my baby cousin and what was done to him was very wrong! I still think of him every day and the defax workers that "helped" with this case denied me the right to go to Mikey's funeral and go see Granny at the hospital when I had the chance. There was no justice in the case and I don't think there was a "correct" way to prosecute Bobby.
