did you start to think that there was a list? no, sure. i don t think there was any doubt in my mind this was a serial killer we were dealing with. someone had declared war on law enforcement and their families. i have kids. my husband, i can t keep putting them at risk. my wife had two guns out. i said unless you know it s me coming through the door, be ready to use them. is there some sort of antigovernment militia group? i had no idea what we were dealing with. before leading investigators back home. was he living a double life? i think he was. you re making him sound like hannibal lector. it s just wild. the courthouse. the moral center of every american city and town. the place we go to settle differences, resolve disputes, find justice. it is the place where the story usually ends, but not this time. not in rural kaufman, texas, where life is leisurely and no one is a stranger. oh my god, someone just shot someone. they are laying on the ground.
bam, bam, bam, bam, pam. it was a little pause, i guess you say, and then three more shots after that. shannon was inside the courthouse when she heard the sound of sirens. that s not unusual, because there s a police station a block away, there s a hospital a few blocks on the street. that siren was jason s task needs squad car. i was calling him a partner. those are gunshots, we need to go. we packed up real quick and hopped in the car. the car camera was rolling, as he and his partner drove toward the gunshots. about halfway over a man had been shot, and give us a location. we ve got a gentleman on grove street and madison that just got shot. that s just a block from the courthouse. shannon noticed that her secretary was looking out the window at some commotion on the street.
those are gunshots, we need to go. we packed up real quick and hopped in the car. the car camera was rolling, as he and his partner drove toward the gunshots. about halfway over a man had been shot, and give us a location. we ve got a gentleman on grove street and madison that just got shot. that s just a block from the courthouse. shannon noticed that her secretary was looking out the window at some commotion on the street. my secretary turned around and she was crying. initially, i wanted to comfort. i couldn t imagine she was crying about. when she turned from the window, she said, it s mark. mark cassie, her friend and colleague. my natural instinct was that he had been hit by a car. she said no, he was shot. who is it? oh my god, it s mark hasse-y! coming up, get you another
those are gunshots, so we packed up really quickly and hopped in the car. the car camera was rolling as he and his partner drove toward the gunshots. about halfway over, we got a radio that a man had been shot. 9-1-1? there is a gentleman on grove street and he just got shot. that s just a block away from the courthouse. shannon notice that her secretary was looking at the window at some commotion on the street. my secretary turned around and she was crying. initially i just wanted to comfort her, i can even imagine which was crying about. but when she turned from the window all, she said was its mark. mark hasse, her friend and colleague. my natural instinct was to think that he got hit by a car. but she said no, he was shot. who is? its mark hasse. coming up, get another
reporter: the car camera was rolling as they drove toward gunshots. about half way over, the dispatch came across the radio and said a man was shot and gave us a location. yes, we have a gentleman on grove street and madison that just got shot. reporter: that is just a block from the courthouse. shannon noticed that her secretary was looking out the window. my secretary turned around and she was crying. i wanted to comfort her and i could not imagine what she was crying about and when she turned around, she said it was mark. my natural instinct was that he was hit by a car and she said no, he was shot. who is it? it s mark cassie, he is the assistant district attorney. reporter: coming up. mark, come on. the ambulance is coming. it s almost here. reporter: a dedicated