Lilburn Man Gets Life For Wife's Shooting Death

LILBURN, GA -- A Lilburn man has been convicted of murder after shooting his wife six times in an argument last year.

Rupert Clive Clark, 60, was sentenced to life plus five years in prison Friday for the May 2, 2015 shooting.

Gwinnett County prosecutors say the couple's son, Alex, was home at the time and witnessed his father standing over his mother, Rosemarie Lebert, with a gun.

The son called 911 and tried to revive his mother with chest compressions, but to no avail.

The couple had ongoing marital problems over the course of many years, prosecutors said, and Clark was known to carry a gun with him in a fanny pack at all times -- even when he was at home alone.

According to testimony and evidence presented in the case, after Clark shot his wife, he ran upstairs to his bedroom, where he removed the magazine from the handgun and tossed it under the bed.

He then hid the gun behind a dresser.

While police were gathering in front of the house, Clark peered at them through a window before finally surrendering.

He never apologized for causing his wife's death, prosecutors say.

After a five-day trial, Clark was convicted on charges of murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was acquitted on one aggravated assault charge.