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Bennie thompson's home state and has a closer look at the man leading the panel. >> reporter: fred, mississippi democrat bennie thompson, chairman of the january 6th committee, has a very personal view of the meaning of a free and fair election. in fact, making sure every vote counts has been his life's work. the way bennie thompson saw it from the house gallery on january 6th, his congressional lapel pin was a badge of honor. >> security told us you need to take your pin off because they'll break in and see you with that pin on, they could kill you. i said, as many people i know who fought an...

Voting was such an important and treasured thing. so many mississippians lost their lives over the right to vote. that sticks with you for a while. >> reporter: or a lifetime. in washington, dc, thompson hasn't been one of those well-known faces parked in front of a camera. but in his hometown of bolton, population 521, everyone knows bennie and the way to his office. >> people walk in, they sit down, they go get something to drink out of the refrigerator, water or a soft drink, and they leave. it's like the community office. that's the person he is. >> this was the police station, city hall, ...

>> reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a long list of targets and officials say that this was somehow related to the judicial system. we don't yet know how. was this a single case or series of cases? we continue to ask the questions that law enforcement continues to ask as well. this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer's home and called 911, that person reporting that someone had broken inside and fired off two rounds from a firearm. throughout the morning, once police arrived, they tried to negotiate with the suspect who was inside but eventua...

300-mile-long district which includes the capital city, jackson, and the rural mississippi delta. he likes to travel with his fishing pole and guns in the truck. >> i will call friends and say, look, i'll be in the area, let's go hunting. >> duck, deer, quail. >> people like that about him. he's just a regular person. >> reporter: who grew up in the segregated south. >> i want to bolton colored school. we had no indoor plumbing. obviously no cafeteria, no library. >> reporter: until he got to the private desegregated college in 1974 where black power found his voice and thompson found his. >> ...

Not random. here is what the officials in wisconsin said. >> this, as i mentioned before, does appear to be a targeted act. and the individual who is a suspect appears to have had other targets as well. it appears to be related to the judicial system. >> reporter: fredericka, officials stressed the risk did not go beyond judge roemer, there is no one else at this moment who is in danger. however this all fits into the larger threat pattern we've been talking about, for months federal officials have been warning that we remain in a heightened threat environment, some of that threat coming from ...