By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . Officials say a defense attorney well known in his small, southern Kentucky town has been shot and killed outside of his law office by a man who wanted his help but was turned down. Somerset police say 57-year-old Mark Stanziano was shot at least four times about 8 a.m. Friday by a man who lives across the street. Police say 40-year-old Clinton D. Inabnitt was waiting for Stanziano and that witnesses described him wordlessly shooting the attorney. Somerset police say 57-year-old attorney Mark Stanziano was shot at least four times about 8 a.m. Friday by a man who lives across the street . Inabnitt is charged with murder. A police citation says Inabnitt told . officers that he shot Stanziano because the attorney declined to help . him with a problem Thursday night and laughed at him. Somerset . Police Department spokesman Shannon Smith declined to describe the . problem but said Stanziano would not have been able to help. According to an arrest citation reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader, Inabnitt later admitted to being angry not because Stanziano denied him help but because he laughed at him. The accused murderer lives in an apartment directly across the street from the attorney's office. Witnesses have told police them the man had been contact with Stanziano on Thursday evening and had previously threatened the attorney . Inabnitt allegedly fired seven shots from a 9mm pistol at him from less than 15 feet away as Stanziano arrived for work. Stanziano was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:12 a.m. Among Stanziano's high profile cases was an acquittal last year for a Wayne County man accused of murdering his 20-month-old son after the boy drank drain cleaner in a mobile home that was host to a meth production operation.
Mark Stanziano, 57, was considered an excellent defense attorney having gotten one recent client acquitted on a murder charge .
Clinton D. Inabnitt, 40, who lives across from Stanziano's office, allegedly asked him for help in an unknown matter .
After Stanziano allegedly laughed at the request, Inabnitt shot him with  a 9mm pistol .
By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . Officials say a defense attorney well known in his small, southern Kentucky town has been shot and killed outside of his law office by a man who wanted his help but was turned down. Somerset police say 57-year-old Mark Stanziano was shot at least four times about 8 a.m. Friday by a man who lives across the street. Police say 40-year-old Clinton D. Inabnitt was waiting for Stanziano and that witnesses described him wordlessly shooting the attorney. Somerset police say 57-year-old attorney Mark Stanziano was shot at least four times about 8 a.m. Friday by a man who lives across the street . Inabnitt is charged with murder. A police citation says Inabnitt told . officers that he shot Stanziano because the attorney declined to help . him with a problem Thursday night and laughed at him. Somerset . Police Department spokesman Shannon Smith declined to describe the . problem but said Stanziano would not have been able to help. According to an arrest citation reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader, Inabnitt later admitted to being angry not because Stanziano denied him help but because he laughed at him. The accused murderer lives in an apartment directly across the street from the attorney's office. Witnesses have told police them the man had been contact with Stanziano on Thursday evening and had previously threatened the attorney . Inabnitt allegedly fired seven shots from a 9mm pistol at him from less than 15 feet away as Stanziano arrived for work. Stanziano was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:12 a.m. Among Stanziano's high profile cases was an acquittal last year for a Wayne County man accused of murdering his 20-month-old son after the boy drank drain cleaner in a mobile home that was host to a meth production operation.
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