Clarence Robert Bob Clark, 84, was fatally shot in Ava, Missouri, on September 26, 2020. The shooting prompted an immediate local law enforcement investigation and within a day authorities identified a man wanted for questioning; that person was taken into custody.

The case advanced to a jury trial in Douglas County. Few public details about motive or the events leading to the shooting have been released.

If anyone in or around Ava had contact with Clarence Clark in the days before September 26, or saw suspicious activity near his home that week, please come forward with information.