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A texas prosecutor shot and killed in his own only almost two months after his colleague was murdered outside the courthouse. here's what we now know. police have no suspects and no real motive for three murders in kaufman county, texas. longtime district attorney mike mcclelland and his wife cynthia were found dead in their home last night. a source says investigators found shell casings from a semiautomatic rifle. two months ago mcclelland vowed to put away the scum who murdered his assistant d.a. mark hasse. right now officials are not linking the killings. cnn's ed lavandera is tracking th...

>> when it comes to the tie, the possible tie, and we want to underscore possible tie to the aryan brotherhood, john, here's what we understand, back in december the texas dps, department of public safety, put out a bulletin warning authorities that they had credible information that the aryan brotherhood was actively targeting, would actively target law enforcement. now that question certainly came up after hasse's death. and you know, it's a question that has come up in this case. but again, want to be very clear, there's been no connection to that at this point. but you do hear people here ...

>> anything you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> reporter: mike mcclelland's tough-talking texas swagger was on full display when he vowed to come after the killer of his assistant prosecutor mark hasse. he was gunned down in broad daylight as he walked to work at the kaufman county courthouse back in january. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching because we're very confident that we're going to find you. we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in. we're going to bring you back and let the people of kaufman county pro...

>> walking the dog. >> every day. >> just to be extra safe. and in the end, still murdered at his home over the weekend. >> we mention the judge. he is bruce wood. he is a judge in compton county, texas. worked with both men. judge, good morning. let me just begin with mike mclelland. i know you've talked to him just last week. what was your conversation like? how did he seem? >> well, we are a relatively small courthouse. we have a -- we're a small county. we're growing, but i did talk with mike several times over the last few weeks and what you saw on television with mike was very much his p...

Then there's this twist. in december, a month before mark hasse was killed, the texas department of public safety issued a statewide bulletin warning that it had received, quote, credible information that members of the aryan brotherhood white supremacist group was planning to retaliate, actively planning to retaliate against law enforcement officials they suspected of targeting the gang's leadership. law enforcement officials say they are now taking extra precautions to protect other elected officials in kaufman county. the courthouse will be open for business on monday, but the prosecutor's ...