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And exactly what i saw. >> mark hasse was dead at 57. gunned down on his way to work, a block from the courthouse. >> people in kaufman are shocked by the deadly attack out in the open on the town square. >> i just never in 1 million years would've expected one of our prosecutors, much less somebody i knew personally, to be laying on the ground dead. >> with one of their own down, lieutenants joly stewart from the county department swiftly joined the law enforcement jumping on the case. >> we did not have time to grieve about it, we did not have time to talk about our feelings. it was time to ...

Handgun licenses. >> we could take the course for free and get our handguns if we needed it. >> reporter: did you get one? >> no. >> reporter: did you think about it? >> oh, way. >> reporter: it's what people do when people are panicked. an all-star army of law enforcement was on the case. the training center was turned in to a command post and it was buzzing with local police, texas rangers and federal agents from the atf and fbi. >> that is what is amazing about the case. you had federal, state, law enforcement working together in a team. >> reporter: advising the team, toby shook and bill w...

>> he also had his arm in a sling when law enforcement came to talk to him and his excuse was he had frozen shoulder, and wasn't able to use his right arm. >> reporter: he even took a gunshot residue test at his house and passed. and after the mclelland murders, investigators checked whether he owned a ford crown victoria, the car captured on video lurking near the mclelland murder scene. records showed he did not. the case was still stalled. but soon, the task force would get one of those lucky breaks they'd always hoped for. it came out of the blue and gave the investigation some much-needed...

To parole out. >> somebody held the grudge, and got out and wanted him. >> reporter: even though investigators were convinced he was murdered because of his job as a prosecutor they doesn't stop there. >> we have to interview friends and family members and associates. >> reporter: mark was a tea tottler and he did not have a wife or kids. >> there was nothing there, he loved his mother who lived in dallas, he spent time taking care of her and taking her to dinner. >> reporter: all the initial checks in to his professional and personal life was not panning in. frustration was setting in. the ca...

Mike mclelland knew eric williams as a colleague in kaufman's small legal community. as boss of the da's office, mike rarely tried cases but because williams was an elected public official he made an exception and teamed up with mark to prosecute the case. christina says her step-dad believed williams had violated the public trust. >> i think it did offend mike, on a basic level. these people elected you. you're supposed to be doing good things for the community, not stealing from it. >> reporter: a jury found williams guilty of theft. he got probation, but lost his job and license to practice...