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he had been the district attorney and these are very important people to us here in kaufman county. we hope the killers are found pretty soon before no one else is killed or hurt. >> well, is that their suspicion, mr. mayor, that this is part of a broader conspiracy, if you will, to kill law enforcement officials? >> i wish i could answer your question, but i can't. the texas rangers are here, the fbi's here, the atf is here, but the main -- the first killing two months ago, that's mainly been -- the investigation has been under the control of our local police department, and then this one will be under the control of the sheriff's department. >> mayor william fortner of kaufman, texas. thank you so much for joining us on an easter morning and such a tragic one for your area. we appreciate your time.
situation that is sending shivers down the spines of many peep who live hoar in kaufman county, texas. almost exactly two months after an assistant prosecutor here in kaufman county was gunned down as he was walking into the courthouse, a brazen attack, the district attorney, his boss and his wife, mike mcclellan and cynthia mcclellan were gowned down in their own home here in kaufman county as well, and there are many asking questions about exactly how these cases might be related. the mayor here in kaufman says it believes to him that both men were targeted and he believes that they are connected. investigators here haven't said much beyond the fact that this attack had happened and that the couple was found murdered yesterday, late last night in their homes. so we are waiting to hear from authorities. but it's interesting, mike mcclellan, after the murder of his co-worker and friend, was very outspoken about how badly he wanted to capture the culprits behind that first murder, back in january.
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and as far as i know, no link has been found. but thank you for calling me, candy. but that's only obviously the conclusion i would come to. i'm not a law enforcement person. but the man that was killed, mr. hasse, who was killed two months ago, that was in the city limits of kaufman. the district attorney and his wife live a few miles out of town, between kaufman and forney. it was in the unincorporated area of the county. so the sheriff is looking into that case. >> so you have two different jurisdictions, but essentially, you have the d.a. and his assistant d.a., both of whom are killed, within two months of each other. so, obviously, that's a link they're looking at. and what -- can you bring us up to date on the information that you do have between the two murders themselves? >> i don't know very many details. it was mr. mike mcclellan and his wife.
related, all of this is still hovering over this, however, law enforcement agencies have not said that they are directly connected or have proved that they're connected in any way, but all of that is kind of hovering over this situation now. >> ed lavendera in kaufman county for us, thanks very much. we will continue to follow this story throughout the morning. in fact, we will have an interview later this hour with the mayor of kaufman, to get the very latest. but right now, we want to switch gears, and joining me is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. senator, thanks for being here. just off the top, let me ask you, when we see the death of the head of a prison official, two deaths of a d.a. and an assistant d.a., this is a dangerous business, i know prosecuting bad guys, incarcerating bad guys. do you think we need to look at the protection of these people? >> well, anything that would make our law enforcement officers safer. obviously, this is some criminal enterprise coming after the
candy? >> ed, let me sort of broaden this a little bit, to something that happened, you know, last week. and i spoke on the show, actually, a week ago, to the governor of colorado, about the death of the chief of prisons in colorado. the alleged perpetrator was killed in a shoot-out in texas. now, at the time, we knew that the fbi was looking for possible links between that alleged shooter and that first murder in kaufman county. is that investigation still going on? could there be an even broader conspiracy here, that is not just confined to kaufman county? >> reporter: well, candy, that's sort of what's hovering over this entire situation. we knew after that shoot-out last week in decatur, texas, not too far from where we are, that there was a link at least being looked at between the colorado prison chief and the assistant prosecutor here in kaufman. now, if these other two are