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A texas da and his wife were murdered in their home. and a colorado prison chief was killed two weeks ago. investigators are looking to see if there is a connection between the cases. meanwhile a federal prosecutor in houston, texas who just quit a major case against the aryan brotherhood there. he is worried he could be the next target. texas is taking this seriously. let's go to a sound byte from governor rick perry at a memorial talking about some reward money for tips that lead to an arrest. listen. >> these are heinous crimes. they have affected not just texans, but people across the coun...

We're told the fbi is looking for people, perhaps some witnesses or people who might have more information on this to interview them as we learn, more, gregg, we'll pass it along. >> rick, thank you very much. jenna? jenna: "happening now", new information on the murders of a texas d.a. and his wife. kaufman county d.a., mcdonald little land and his wife cynthia were gunned down in their home last weekend. reports say mclelland was shot 20 times. his wife shot once near her front door. they come two months after mclelland's assistant d.a., mark hasse was killed outside the county courthouse. i...

Question as well. >> but you look at the polls and you wonder, what's the nra going to do when you have that many people who favor background checks? you know, what's the possible backlash? but we'll continue to talk about this and watch the president as he travels. robert costa, former congressman, patrick murphy, thanks so both of you. check being the news feed this morning, a public memorial will be held tomorrow for texas d.a. mike mclelland and his wife cynthia, killed inside their own home. he was reportedly shot as many as 20 times. "the l.a. times" reports investigators are looking at ...

What could their motivations possibly be? >> the aryan brotherhood of texas was a chapter in texas, but it was denied injury and created their own subsetsubset. they are one of the most violent in the united states. if they decided to do this hit on this family, they changed a lot of the rules. there has always been a rule that law enforcement didn't mess with your family outside of you and you didn't mess with law enforcement's family outside of them personally. them attacking and killing his wife is going to change the scales. >> that would indicate to me. a further insight as to how it oper...

Away weapons and free shotguns. does that make sense? >> that and fears that his killing could be part of a wider plot. he was district attorney for kaufman county, texas just southeast of dallas. there with the latest on what a paurnt reveals and what might be involved in this and what are you learning. >> look at the warrant used to go into the house. both victims were shot several times and many rifle casings were found by their bodies. they were found two nights ago at 6:45, but it appears they were killed before then because friends were trying to call them. they could have been killed up